Mastodawn

The attack on bike lanes in #Toronto is getting the New York Times treatment today.

They're framing it as "drivers vs. cyclists."

It's really Premier Doug Ford and his Conservatives vs. the cities of #Ontario.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/26/world/canada/bike-lanes-toronto.html

Drivers vs. Cyclists: A Battle for the Streets in Canada’s Largest City

Cyclists in Toronto are resisting a law that would have the city rip out miles of bike lanes, setting back efforts toward safer streets.

The New York Times

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Barry Cook

@straphanger - yup, The Premier Who Would Be Mayor.
Micromanaging with no recognizable qualifications. Catering to his voting base (who aren’t in the city), but rather, live in bedroom communities and much further afield, all seeking to drive (usually one person per vehicle) into the city and then complain about the traffic they create. All without paying city taxes.
As for Torontoians who have to put up with them (and Ford) and use other means, well they don’t count, do they?

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Corvus 4d ago

@bazcook @straphanger
Don't forget every other city in Ontario that could be prevented from creating bicycle lanes. Or commiting every taxpayer in Ontario to building a new destructive wasteful freeway that will do nothing to alleviate traffic congestion.

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Barry Cook 2d ago

@corvus @straphanger - El Fordo keeps saying he won the election by promising to get rid of the bike lanes. First, his voting base is *not* in Toronto, and I seriously doubt whether folks in Timmins or Port Perry or anywhere else outside of commuting distance give a flying f*ck about Toronto’s bike lanes, or that was the main reason they may have voted for him.
Much bigger fish to fry, Dougie. Do your friggin’ job.