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โ€˜They are not safeโ€™: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately
  • How often do you see drivers roll stop signs or rush amber lights? When's the last time you drove at or below the speed limit for an entire trip? I constantly hear drivers complaining about cyclists who pose no danger to drivers, meanwhile the drivers continue to exceed the speed limit, roll stop signs, and be one of the leading causes of death in this country despite having fully dedicated infrastructure everywhere.

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    โ€˜They are not safeโ€™: Richmond Hill residents at traffic meeting want bike lanes installed this year removed immediately
  • Where I live, drivers continue to use the bike lane to turn right and for parking despite having a dedicated roadway. It kills and injures multiple people every year. The point being there are people who incorrectly use the existing infrastructure regardless of their mode of transport.

    The difference is that bike routes in cities are incomplete and often have unsafe, pothole-riddled gutters with a painted line next to it as an excuse for infrastructure. People prioritise their safety even if that means not using a poorly designed bike lane.

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    Guelph bike advocacy group highlights need for safer roads after cyclist's death | CBC News
  • Having dedicated bike infrastructure means that people using bikes and pedestrians are not forced to compete for a tiny strip of sidewalk while most of the roadway is dedicated to cars. Bikes need to yield to pedestrians, so aside from it being illegal to ride on the sidewalk as an adult, it is much slower. There are also many roads that do not have sidewalks.

    Proper bike infrastructure is protected by concrete bollards or curbs

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    An old comic still relevant
  • Most people cannot afford it and we'd have to bulldoze tons of space to accommodate the parking.

    However for those who enjoy racing as a hobby, I 100% agree that it's best to go to a track instead of endangering those around you and causing noise pollution.

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    Owning a Car Is Less Important To Younger Generations.
  • Mobility is just as important for young people. The difference is that cars are much less affordable for young people who are choosing better alternatives such as transit and bikes.

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    Owning a Car Is Less Important To Younger Generations.
  • The average new vehicle is $66,422 CAD and the average for a used vehicle is $37,662, as per autotrader.ca. A new vehicle is nearly the same as an entire year's salary of an average Canadian according to statscan and that doesn't account for the total cost of ownership.

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    [article] Ford government to table legislation to restrict bike lanes on city streets | Globalnews.ca
  • Narrowing and traffic calming urban roads to where cars cannot pass cyclists would be a very difficult battle in Ontario where full sized fire engines respond to every call including for paramedics, demanding wide roads. Traffic calming has been fought tooth and nail by HOAs and many of the urban roads are stroads which cannot legally be traffic calmed with a 70km+ speed limit.

    Sharing traffic between cyclists and motorists has been absolutely deadly and most people will not even attempt to ride a bicycle unless they hahe dedicated infrastructure in Ontario which Ford is trying to make illegal. Even if you follow your proposed vehicular cycling, the proposed legislation makes that more difficult too.

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    Density saves nature
  • IMO this is a universal problem. I've had neighbours in a single family house that choose to mow their lawn at 7am on a Saturday and have a very loud pickup truck that I can hear start up any time they drive it.

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  • slrpnk.net NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, brother killed after being struck by accused drunk driver in N.J. - SLRPNK

    Absolute tragedy. Itโ€™s sad that these unsafe passes and aggressive driving are common and normalized among sober drivers. Every 10mph increased speed driven doubles pedestrian mortality rates. source [https://www.moneygeek.com/insurance/auto/analysis/pedestrian-chance-of-survival/]. Unsafe driving k...

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    www.nj.com NHL star Johnny Gaudreau, brother killed after being struck by accused drunk driver in N.J.

    Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew were riding bicycles Thursday in Salem County when they were hit.

    Absolute tragedy. It's sad that these unsafe passes and aggressive driving are common and normalized among sober drivers. Every 10mph increased speed driven doubles pedestrian mortality rates. source. Unsafe driving kills

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    This map helps answer the question โ€˜what will my cityโ€™s climate feel like in 60 years?โ€™. By selecting your city of interest this OSM-based map will show you what current location has the most similar climate to that forecast for 2080.

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    lfpress.com London driver, 79, won't go to jail over deadly Girl Guides crash

    A London woman convicted of criminal negligence for a crash that killed a young Girl Guide won't be sent to jail to serve her sentence

    She was driving 120km/h in a 50km/h school zone.

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