Ontario promises to pay for ripping out bike lanes that fail unannounced criteria | Globalnews.ca
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The Ford government is putting new bike lanes and any installed in the past half-decade on notice but has promised it will pay the costs if cities have to tear out routes.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21139836

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/21139835

The Ford government is promising to pay the cost of removing bike lanes from major city streets that fail to meet its unannounced criteria as it ploughs ahead with a plan to limit biking infrastructure and rip out some routes.

  • TOModera@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Ontario isn’t good at voting. Our voter turnout is abysmal. Add to that there is a contingent of people who think they are folksy when in reality they are ignorant, and voila: Shitty politicians flourish. Add to that our center party (Liberals) did whatever they wanted for years and our Left wing party (NDP) had… I don’t even know how to properly describe her style other than “not helpful for a political career”, and Ford gets to do whatever he wants.