"We need to make sure that everyone is safe and if the Province of Ontario wants to deal with congestion, please open up the Eglinton (Crosstown) LRT (and) the Finch LRT," she said. This highlights Mayor Chow’s stance that increasing public transit availability should be prioritized over bike lane removal, emphasizing safety and efficiency in urban transit planning.
"In the experience of the city, removing a bike lane on Jarvis, for example, was costly, more costly than putting it in," she said. This statement underlines the financial implications of removing bike lanes, suggesting that past experience warns against the governmental push to eliminate these lanes.
The government has said bike lanes are contributing to gridlock, a claim critics have disputed. This reveals the contention between provincial leadership and city officials regarding the impact of bike lanes on traffic, highlighting a significant debate on urban planning.
The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last month that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic. This legislative move implies a shift in power dynamics between city and provincial governance regarding transportation infrastructure.
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