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Cycling infrastructure (Separated bike lanes)

Oh I see, you were referring to streetcars in their own right of way separated from traffic. My bad, I missed that part.
Don't worry, when it came to including curb-separated bike lanes alongside the streetcar ROWs, so did the city's planners.

Of course we could just have bikes and streetcars share the same ROWs - imagine the below on St. Clair or Spadina. The bikes would need to keep up or move aside.

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That'll grind Doug Ford's gears as he hates streetcars as much as bikes. Add a healthy meal option in the mix and we'll ruin his day!

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Question: Assuming that this bill passes (big assumption) what is the process to actually dismantle the lanes? What would happen if the City fails to budget for reconstruction or keeps deferring it? What, if anything, can the Province do if City Hall ignores them?
 
Did you guys bike by Bloor and Dufferin around 3 p.m.? A big bike ride passed by, so I cheered and hollered.
Yes! That was one of the 3 concurrent rides that happened following the protest.

Brought my drone along today
 
Question: Assuming that this bill passes (big assumption) what is the process to actually dismantle the lanes? What would happen if the City fails to budget for reconstruction or keeps deferring it? What, if anything, can the Province do if City Hall ignores them?
I believe recent amendments to the bill allow the Province to sidestep the city and directly remove the lanes itself.
 
I believe recent amendments to the bill allow the Province to sidestep the city and directly remove the lanes itself.

More likely is that the city drags its feet for a year on the "redesign" planning, the province threatens to do it themselves, then the city produces the design and schedules the actual work in a couple of years from now. After all, there's a backlog of more important work to be done on the roads, and resources are limited.
 

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