Ontario https://momentummag.com/tag/ontario/ smart living by bike Sun, 16 Feb 2025 23:18:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 Bike Lane BS: Lessons on What Cities Give Up By Giving In To Car Culture https://momentummag.com/ontarios-bike-lane-hogwash-lessons-on-what-cities-lose-by-giving-in-to-car-culture/ https://momentummag.com/ontarios-bike-lane-hogwash-lessons-on-what-cities-lose-by-giving-in-to-car-culture/#respond Mon, 17 Feb 2025 14:20:59 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40704 Across cities such as Toronto and throughout North America and other areas, the debate over cycling infrastructure has become increasingly polarized. Scratch that, it is an absolute culture war. While some mayors and policymakers—such as Ontario Premier Doug Ford—remain resistant to bike lanes because his voters are in the suburbs, the evidence is overwhelming that […]

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]]> https://momentummag.com/ontarios-bike-lane-hogwash-lessons-on-what-cities-lose-by-giving-in-to-car-culture/feed/ 0 Plan to Force Toronto to Remove Bike Lanes Could Cost $48 Million, Report Shows https://momentummag.com/plan-to-force-toronto-to-remove-bike-lanes-could-cost-48-million-report-shows/ Thu, 14 Nov 2024 13:55:46 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40604 A new city staff report has revealed that Ontario’s plan to remove bike lanes in Toronto could cost taxpayers at least $48 million. The report, released this week, comes in response to Ontario’s proposed legislation, Bill 212, which aims to eliminate bike lanes on major roads like Bloor Street, University Avenue, and Yonge Street. The report […]

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]]> Ontario Government Move to Limit Bike Lanes Sparks Outrage in Toronto https://momentummag.com/ontario-government-move-to-limit-bike-lanes-sparks-outrage-in-toronto/ Fri, 01 Nov 2024 13:30:37 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40514 In a move that has raised serious concerns among urban planners, road safety advocates, Toronto residents, 120 physicians and researchers from the University of Toronto, a local business association, and, well, a lot of other people, the Ontario government has added an amendment to Bill 212 that could have sweeping implications for the city’s cycling […]

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]]> As Car-First Premier Talks Bike Lane Removal, Toronto Set to Send a Message at Rally https://momentummag.com/as-car-first-premier-talks-bike-lane-removal-toronto-set-to-send-a-message-at-rally/ Wed, 23 Oct 2024 17:15:19 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40436 When it comes to transportation planning in Ontario, it is the work of municipalities. But, apparently, Premier Doug Ford didn’t get that memo, and is set to rudely intrude on city business to not just block the creation of future bike lanes, but rip out three of the most crucial in Toronto. As a result, […]

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]]> Editorial: Killing Bike Lanes, Killing Progress: Ontario and its Car-First Agenda https://momentummag.com/editorial-killing-bike-lanes-killing-progress-ontario-and-its-car-first-agenda/ Tue, 15 Oct 2024 16:36:45 +0000 https://momentummag.com/?p=40380 In a move that is both backward and blind to reality, the Ontario provincial government, led by car-loving Premier Doug Ford, has decided it will be the final arbiter of bike lane construction in cases where a lane of car traffic would be removed. It is a massive overreach to tell individual cities how to […]

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