The city of Toronto installed some bike lanes which removed some lanes for cars. The province of Ontario is now uninstalling some bike lanes to bring them back for cars. The stated reason is to improve traffic flow for the chronically gridlocked Toronto city core.

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria said in a Sept. 1 news release that the government is committed to tackling traffic congestion.

“Our government was given a clear and direct mandate by the people of Ontario to fight gridlock, including by restoring motor vehicle lanes that are needed to keep drivers moving. We’re keeping our promise," Sarkaria said.

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[–] 51 points 1 month ago (1 child)

Removing other ways of transportation isn't going to lessen congestion, it just adds more cars.

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  • [–] 31 points 1 month ago

    Just one more lane. That will fix it this time.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 month ago

    If you say you are "tackling congestion" and then you remove alternative transport to cars, you have been bought by car manufacturers.

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  • [–] 14 points 1 month ago

    Fuck Doug Ford

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  • [–] 13 points 1 month ago

    This is about what I would expect from a man who loved Trump until the consequences arrived.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Is this Ontario vs Toronto? More than carbrain vs logic?

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago

    It'd be a terrible shame if the street were to suddenly have to undergo repairs forcing them to close a lane to car traffic but somehow left open enough for bikes...

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago

    Each bike turn into a car and gets worse

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    [–] 32 points 1 month ago

    Fucking bullshit.

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  • [–] 21 points 1 month ago

    Meanwhile all the other two lane streets around the city and within the GTA are completely congested.

    So what's causing the congestion really? There's no bike lanes on those congested streets to be seen?

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  • [–] 10 points 1 month ago

    Critical Mass those assholes constantly until they put them back!

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  • [–] 8 points 1 month ago
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    [–] 5 points 1 month ago

    This is why we must strip power from the morons before the doom us all

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