Ford passed the legislation for ripping up the bike lanes TODAY!!
- Thread starter mandrill
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I was not that vague. I said that our Mickey Mouse subway system, in particular, is the problem. We need more subways to get as much stuff as possible (in whatever form, including bikes) off the streets.
Any major alternative to what we have now has to be comfortable and convenient to be effective, otherwise not enough people will buy in. Bicycles do not fit the bill.
Just because you're old and need a walker doesn't mean that biking isn't comfortable and convenient for others.
Its not for everyone, just people who can still use their bodies.
Otherwise its way more convenient than driving downtown, door to door, parking is easier, traffic is less of a pain, no waiting and you get in shape.
You are out of touch with reality.
Have you noticed that in Toronto from November to March people do not want to be exposed to the elements? Unlike you, some people have to look respectable for work. Who wants to be dressed in a suit that they've sweated through after a 4 km. commute. Of course, who gives a shit about a mother dealing with an infant or toddler. Who is going to carry 4 bags of groceries (one week's worth for a family of 3, possibly) while biking, people who commute and on and on and on. Bike lanes benefit maybe 2% of the population of the GTA.
As well, you did not address the effectiveness of massively expanding our subway system. It is indisputable that removing as much detritus (in terms of traffic) from the surface roads to underground is the best solution. Costs should be a non-issue as the gridlock in the economic hub of the entire country ends out costing Canada, as a whole, way more than subways would in the long run. Hamas has done a better job of digging than Toronto has.
And thanks for showing that you have no respect for older people. You are an ageist. FYI, that's not an admirable quality. Do you have any?
Lots of people take a change of clothes in paniers, its no big deal and you see them everywhere. Or you would if you went outside.
Same with bike seats, trailers, baskets, ebikes and other options for groceries. No big deal.
This isn't about forcing mothers with toddlers to bike, though lots do, this is about giving people a safe option to choose to bike.
Why do you want to force people to stop biking and start driving?
Its nothing new and its going on all over the world.
My point was the only projects you see getting built now are condos. And they build them as close to the sidewalk as possible leaving no room to expand the roadways to add a bike path or should they build a LRT then the car lanes would have to be removed. They don't plan ahead.
Not only that but the city is allowing construction projects to bloat into the street and take over lanes and sidewalks, making traffic much worse.
Of course he doesn't know Toronto as he is constantly getting stuck in motor vehicle caused congestion and gridlock every time he leaves the comfort of Carburbia and crosses the border into big, bad Toronto.
His views stop at the border.
You make my point that bikes are not as comfortable or convenient as subways, let alone cars. The surface roads need less users. Bikes are not the solution.
With that logic anybody who makes a suggestion thinks that they're the voice of Toronto. Has anybody made more posts in this thread than you?
