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Toronto voted for safer streets. But Stantec will profit from Ontario’s reckless plan to rip out Toronto's busiest bike lanes. Tell Stantec to rip up this contract before they rip out your bike lanes.
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People are fed up with being bullied by a province fixated on igniting a culture war. It’s time to abandon this cynical distraction. Wasting Ontario taxpayers’ money to destroy safe bike lanes is reckless and dangerous.
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Cycle Toronto win. In response to our legal action, the province has backtracked from an alleged December start and confirms no bike lane removal will begin until at least March 2025.
"Our goal is that they don't ever get the chance to start at all” Michael Longfield, ED.
This morning, Cycle Toronto launched a Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Section 7 challenge to the provincial government’s Bill 212.
The lawsuit also seeks an immediate injunction to prevent the removal of target bike lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.
Cycle Toronto is joined by individual applicants Eva Stanger-Ross and Narada Kiondo, and represented by lawyers from Ecojustice and Paliare Roland LLP.
Learn more here:
ecojustice.ca/news/court-cha…
Thanks to Not Just Bikes for adding their voice to the resistance against Bill 212.
“Decades of research has shown there is no solution to car traffic except viable alternatives to driving.”
Watch the full video on YouTube:
youtu.be/KgFCQ7jEZxI
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Learn more about the proposed designs for Ellesmere Complete Street at the public drop-in event on December 11 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at 600 Morrish Road. Staff and interpreters will be present to answer questions and receive feedback. Visit toronto.ca/ellesmerecomplete… for more details.
ALT A rendering of a person cycling and pedestrians on a two-way multi-use trail adjacent to the roadway. The trail is separated from the roadway by splash guards.
Bill 212 is now law, and it’s worse than we ever imagined. This anti-bike lane legislation will put lives at risk by removing bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University—three of Toronto’s busiest and most critical cycling corridors.
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Bill 212 also now indemnifies the province against potential lawsuits when people become injured or killed after the bike lanes are removed. Even they know Bill 212 will put people’s lives at risk.
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Premier Ford has announced that every Ontarian will receive a $200 taxpayer rebate in early 2025. Will you commit your rebate–or any amount—to us to help us fight back against this dangerous law today?
cycleto.ca/donate
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Tomorrow people on bikes will ride from High Park (Bloor entrance meet) at 6:30.
If I were riding in this Critical Mass I would want to bring: 1) bike lights and warm clothes; 2) signs or banners letting motorists know that the disruption is Doug Ford's fault ;) #BikeTO
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Signed 🚴 Thanks to the @CycleToronto volunteers who are at Yonge & St. Clair this afternoon collecting signatures to save our bike lanes. #Ontario
Supposedly, only 1.2% of Toronto residents ride their bike to work. And because of that, the provincial government is pushing through legislation that would remove the existing lanes on Bloor, University, and Yonge.
But does that statistic seem a little suspicious to you?
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For a more informative and data-driven explanation, this recent article in The Trillium dives into the issue with a great attention-to-detail:
thetrillium.ca/news/municipa…
