This guy wrote a book about car free cities, one can't accuse him of being pro car that's for sure.
Even he said bikes should not be allowed in a car free city, they just don't mix well with peds.
Ford passed the legislation for ripping up the bike lanes TODAY!!
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Even he said bikes should not be allowed in a car free city, they just don't mix well with peds.
Seriously? Cops don't engage in douchebaggery?
Why would I allow an aggressive, road hogging, law breaking driver who has endangered me to continue on his merry road raging way?
I have every right to occupy a whole lane especially if it is to cool the raging driver down who has put my safety at risk.
It happens much too often.
I cycle on the road with motor vehicles, dump trucks, streetcar tracks, parked cars, curbs, potholes restricting me to about a foot so of leeway and if a motherfucker aggressive driver puts my safety in peril I will cool this motherfucker's jets down.
I hardly use bike lanes, unless necessary, but many other cyclists need a bike lane to feel some sense of safety.
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The autobahn plans predated Hitler.
So Ford is Hitler?
Logic
And it's a fucking joke people.
You'll end up getting charged and having a court date.
Or else pissing off a dude who's younger, stronger and tougher than you and getting shoved around.
The notwithstanding clause has never been invoked in Ontario, IIRC.
You must suffer from DDD - Duggler Dysphoria Disease. I understand it's highly contagious and passed from latte to latte at super-elitist, hipster lunch venues.
I'm glad Duggler did that. A 75% DEI program for med school is nowhere near appropriate.
It's getting to the point that the Province should ban DEI.
I actually doubt very much that you really do that, for your sake
but if you really do, it's just a matter of time before you piss off someone who is already having a bad day
you better quit while you're ahead
It's been proven for over 50 years, induced demand. Adding more lanes just adds more cars, it doesn't solve congestion.
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Charged for what, cycling on the road?
You'll end up getting charged and having a court date.
Or else pissing off a dude who's younger, stronger and tougher than you and getting shoved around.
Believe me, I have when it has been warranted and it has been on quite a few occasions and on one occasion on Queen S. West in Parkdale a cop on construction duty saw a cabby who repeatedly attempted to interrupt my safe travel by repeatedly angling and abruptly jerking forward the nose of his cab into my path and guess what happened?
Cop walks up to him and says to the cabbie. "You saw me standing in the middle of the road and yet still did this? I can't believe it, what were you thinking, huh?
I gave the cop my statement and biked smiling away, the cabbie did not go anywhere.
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No, he'll say the liberal walkers stopped our expansion to the sidewalks.After all the bike lanes are gone and added lanes and still stuck in traffic on a 6-lane road, Ford will legalize driving on sidewalks.
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I like some bike lanes and hate others. I generally think city hall is a bunch of idiots, but Ford has no right to meddle in the city's affairs. He's been screwing with the city ever since his brother was ousted and Druggie lost the mayoral race.
No, its the law.
You'll end up getting charged and having a court date.
Or else pissing off a dude who's younger, stronger and tougher than you and getting shoved around.
If there is no bike lane you can take the lane.
If someone in a car tries to hit a cyclist that's attempted murder.
You are the worst lawyer ever.
Is it fair to assume that Ford wants the city to pay for everything?
If Ford thinks the province should be in charge of city roads, he'd better pick up the tab for their maintenance.
If Ford thinks the province should be in charge of city roads, he'd better pick up the tab for their maintenance.
As I understand it, a cyclist only has to pull to the right where it is safe to do so.
You'll end up getting charged and having a court date.
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There are several underpasses near me where there is no bailout option for cyclists so I will take up enough of the lane to make sure that I'm safe,
Ride in a straight line on the right-hand side of the road at least one metre from the curb or from parked cars, where practical.
When being passed, stay as close to the right side of the road as you can. You are allowed to use any part of the lane for safety reasons such as avoiding obstacles in your lane.
You do not need to stay to the right when:
- preparing to turn left
- passing another vehicle
- you are going faster than other vehicles
- the lane is too narrow to share
All of which is sensible and a lot different to riding slowly in the middle of a car lane to deliberately drive motorists trapped behind you crazy.As I understand it, a cyclist only has to pull to the right where it is safe to do so.
There are several underpasses near me where there is no bailout option for cyclists so I will take up enough of the lane to make sure that I'm safe,
Stay to the right
Ride in a straight line on the right-hand side of the road at least one metre from the curb or from parked cars, where practical.
When being passed, stay as close to the right side of the road as you can. You are allowed to use any part of the lane for safety reasons such as avoiding obstacles in your lane.
You do not need to stay to the right when:
- preparing to turn left
- passing another vehicle
- you are going faster than other vehicles
- the lane is too narrow to share
Except he does with transportation stuff, if it's significant enough.
The benchmark was City Hall wanting to tear down the Gardiner and create holy fucking chaos throughout the entire region. Just no. The province has to step in.
The bike lanes are in the grey area. Ford's being pushed by his developer bag-men and the recent collapse of the downtown condo market, which coincided with a series of articles on "Toronto's gridlock". This is what sparked stupid like the "tunnel beneath the 401".
The concern with the bike lanes is that the bikies - like Anny - also talk about MORE bike lanes and closing downtown Toronto to traffic and generally snarl out "war on car" slogans. Anny does this continually with his dumb "bottleneck" graphics and photos of the DVP and 401 jammed with cars and ranting about how the future has to have less cars.
If commonsense pushback starts with ripping up the Bloor bike lane, then at least it sends a signal.
