In spite of Ford...
06-07-11, 10:32 AM
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In spite of Ford...
72% want bike lanes
First there was the success of their new Bixi system, now the majority of people want bike lanes.
What's a poor, "get rid of the bike lanes " mayor gonna do?
First there was the success of their new Bixi system, now the majority of people want bike lanes.
What's a poor, "get rid of the bike lanes " mayor gonna do?
06-07-11, 02:36 PM
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Congestion fees to reduce congestion, when there's nothing else reasonable to do, seems fine. If that money is used for other ways to get around, fine.
Toll roads to collect money to build subways, just because they want a subway, seems wrong.
Is that the position they're in? Congestion bad enough that they need congestion charges and a subway system?
Toll roads to collect money to build subways, just because they want a subway, seems wrong.
Is that the position they're in? Congestion bad enough that they need congestion charges and a subway system?
06-08-11, 01:51 PM
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At least Ford seems to be MORE accepting of cyclists than before. Remember he famously said that roads are for trucks and cars and that a it's a cyclist's own fault if he is killed on the road. It seems like he is slightly less ignorant than before.
Ford seems like an ok kind of guy but I think that he has a dangerous mentality- that if you don't drive, if you are poor, if you don't live in a house in the suburbs, that there is something fundamentally wrong with you, and you are not worthy of the same consideration as the "real" residents (or as he says "Taxpayers") of this city.
Ford seems like an ok kind of guy but I think that he has a dangerous mentality- that if you don't drive, if you are poor, if you don't live in a house in the suburbs, that there is something fundamentally wrong with you, and you are not worthy of the same consideration as the "real" residents (or as he says "Taxpayers") of this city.
06-17-11, 11:50 AM
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more Fordness...
Toronto's new bike plan revealed
don't they mean, segregated?
Toronto's new bike plan revealed
A report to the Toronto council's public works committee recommends construction on a series of separated bike lanes in the downtown core begin this year.
The plan recommends that separated bike lanes be implemented this year across the Bloor Viaduct between Sherbourne Street and Broadview Avenue using the existing bike lanes.
The plan recommends that separated bike lanes be implemented this year across the Bloor Viaduct between Sherbourne Street and Broadview Avenue using the existing bike lanes.
"We have to improve safety for cyclists and we have to make sure that motorists don't veer into lanes of cyclists... Cyclists are a reality. There are more of them and we have to have an appropriate way for them to get around the downtown,...A can of paint doesn't make people feel safe."
06-17-11, 01:55 PM
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Ford seems unable to consider anyone who doesn't think and live like he does. I think this is his biggest problem.
As mayor of a vibrant, diverse city like Toronto, it's not a good fit.
On a more positive note, now that the weather is really good, there are tons of people cycling. Last weekend the Leslie st spit was just full of cyclists, as well as the bike trails on the waterfront.
I hope that as Ford settles into his position of mayor of ALL residents of the city, he'll be able to open up to cycling and in general to all people and ways of life.
As mayor of a vibrant, diverse city like Toronto, it's not a good fit.
On a more positive note, now that the weather is really good, there are tons of people cycling. Last weekend the Leslie st spit was just full of cyclists, as well as the bike trails on the waterfront.
I hope that as Ford settles into his position of mayor of ALL residents of the city, he'll be able to open up to cycling and in general to all people and ways of life.
06-17-11, 05:36 PM
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Thanks for pointing out Toronto is going even more bicycle friendly. i've heard mixed reports from torontalites about the bicycling there.
06-17-11, 07:10 PM
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not the richmond news journal, clearly.
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I wonder if Ford fell off his bike when he was young and this is way of getting back at "all them bikes".
06-20-11, 08:05 AM
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https://www.thestar.com/opinion/edito...l-the-lanes-go
The Toronto Star published an editorial about the city's plan today:
From the article: "Right now, Toronto’s cycling map is a mess of painted bike lanes that often begin and end suddenly with few easy or safe connections between them. The farther you get from downtown the less likely you are to find any sort of cycling accommodation at all.
That means commuting by bike is harder and more dangerous than it should be. The plans the city will consider this week do far too little to change that."
The Toronto Star published an editorial about the city's plan today:
From the article: "Right now, Toronto’s cycling map is a mess of painted bike lanes that often begin and end suddenly with few easy or safe connections between them. The farther you get from downtown the less likely you are to find any sort of cycling accommodation at all.
That means commuting by bike is harder and more dangerous than it should be. The plans the city will consider this week do far too little to change that."
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