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The Ontario government is considering bringing forward legislation that could prohibit the installation of bike lanes when lanes for motor vehicles are removed as a result, sources say.

Siemiatycki said "this government has signalled that the car is king," pointing to prior steps the governing Progressive Conservatives (PCs) have taken to ease costs for drivers.

He sees the PCs as making a clear play for the votes of motorists, and believes the policy would also appeal to many drivers frustrated with congestion on the roads.

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[-] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago
[-] [email protected] 17 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I think we need to keep educating the people we know that the only way to decrease traffic in the city is to move as many people as possible out of their cars into public transit or on bikes. That's an easy point to make.

[-] [email protected] 17 points 23 hours ago

Preface: I work with a hard core "they're going to make us eat crickets" kinda guy.

He was going on about how "how bad traffic is in the GTA and how they are trying to take away our cars so that no one drives any more." So I point out that if they added a bunch more Go Trains in the GTA you wouldn't need your car to commute AND there would be less traffic on the highway for the people who do drive.

But where are you going to park all those extra trains.

Bruh. There are how many million fucking cars that drive to the GTA and park every god damned day but you want to know where they are going to park 30 trains?

[-] [email protected] 13 points 23 hours ago

Car brain disease..

Show them a picture of the Mimico railyard. Then blow their mind with "with 24-hour service, fewer trains need parking."

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