Surprise! Bike lanes help people get around

November 26, 2024

TORONTO — Ontario Greens Deputy Leader Aislinn Clancy released the following statement in response to news that a draft briefing prepared for the Ford government's cabinet highlighted research that removing bike lanes could make traffic worse.

“This is exactly what we’ve come to expect from this Premier – ignore evidence and bulldoze through with his pet projects that make life in Ontario worse.

Every expert you talk to will tell you that bike lanes are good for our cities – good for helping people get around affordably, good for local businesses. But our Premier is more interested in dredging up a decade-old vendetta than doing something that would actually help people.

Now, we have taxpayers from all across the province on the hook to tear out Toronto’s bike lanes.

This government has no plan, and we’re the ones paying for it.”

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