Why would he stop at removing bike lanes?

The MTO is on his side, and when his plan to reduce and remove bike lanes fails to ease traffic congestion (hint: because they aren’t causing it), why wouldn’t he go after banning all cycling from major roads using the same reasoning (that cycling itself is the cause of all our traffic problems)?

I don’t see any end to his overreach, and it’ll be a matter of time before ebikes, then regular bikes, become highly restricted in Ontario.

Convince me otherwise.

  • Avid Amoeba@lemmy.caM
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    28 days ago

    Not sure how a ban like that would work. Given that bikes aren’t allowed on sidewalks, this sounds like it would result in a near-complete ban on cycling in the city. That’s because I find it difficult to define what types of roads are allowed and what aren’t. There’s a decent distinction between highways and non-highways. But not so much between Lakeshore Rd and Evans. Perhaps number of lanes, but even that’s inconsistent.

    • Showroom7561@lemmy.caOP
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      28 days ago

      Just to give you an example.

      The e-scooter rules in Oshawa say that you aren’t allowed to ride on roads that have speed limits of over 50km/h… this actually means quite a few important routes would be cut off.

      There’s also a max speed limit set for those riders at 20 km/h, which is painfully slow. If this were enforced, it would effectively make it too inconvenient to bother using one.

      If this were to happen for cyclists, it would have severe implications, I would think.

      And keep in mind that presently, there are quite a few municipalities in Ontario that don’t allow the use of certain micromobility devices, like e-scooters.

      Taking it a step further to include all e-bikes, and regular bikes, doesn’t seem like much of a stretch for this Government.