All Bike lane projects are road safety projects: making it uncomfortable+ impossible to drive fast was the point. If you want to drive fast, do it on a highway, away from where people live, walk & cycle. People were driving at an avg speed that would kill a human and that's what will happen again.

All bike lane projects are road safety projects that improve safety for all road users: people driving, taking transit, cycling & pedestrians. They save lives. If the province believed removal would result in safer infrastructure, they wouldn't have legislated protection against that exact outcome

Bike lane projects are never about bike lanes. Framing them that way only serves a premeditated, convoluted agenda. Like many of the province's other disruptive actions - communication has been built on distraction, disinformation, and suppression of facts.

The guy who says he's *such* a great businessman and claims he is all about supporting business is making such a stupid business decision. While also putting protections in place so he's not responsible for the consequences *when* people die. May he never live this down.

You'd think a premier who claims to be all about business and jobs would know (and care) about this fact. Drivers don't linger and stop to shop, and it isn't about lack of parking.

Can't fully tell if this is serious based on your name. Space for moving people should be taken up by parked cars and these people would be able to find parking within 5min if they were willing to walk for 5min. No parking was removed in places where there wasn't sufficient parking available

Often overlooked fact. The bike lanes won't become car travel lanes. They'll be parked up 75% of the day.

A lot of it is due to drainage, snow clearing and emergency vehicles. They need to be properly spaced around catch basins to ensure the roads don't flood.

Yes there are speed limits and design interventions to enforce it. But there's also driver skill & common sense. The speed limit is the fastest legal speed - It doesn't mean you have to drive it all the time. Not around corners, or in bad weather, not when there are people walking on the street.

“What does Bradford believe in?” I’d ask. Winning, they’d reply. That and himself. You may (not) be surprised how many people who work at the City share this mindset. But they're not running for mayor.

Absolutely. I'm assuming this is Hamilton? They're probably fighting other battles that won't let them design the street properly.

They aren't necessarily designed to be run at the speed limit especially if they are spaced far apart ... It means vehicles are likely travelling much faster than 40 between them. There are always signs and markings. They should never be a surprise. roads are 50kph, doesn't mean you do corners at 50

They don't damage cars if drivers travel at or below the speed limit. But yes, Canada has a greater culture of personal responsibility and not blaming systems, concrete and governments for our own mistakes.

Curious comment. The City doesn't get sued for distracted driving when the infrastructure is designed & built properly & in line with international guidelines. "I hit this inanimate object because I was speeding & not paying attention and am a horrible driver. Pay me for being incompetent." Nah.

Imagine how much longer it would take them if they hit a human being.