Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 26

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

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Work with businesses to repair infrastructure and create wonderful places to live, shop, walk. The BIA program takes tens of millions of dollars from businesses to fix our sidewalks, roads, street furniture etc. We need more of this. Cost sharing programs with the private sector should be bolstered. Everybody benefits. A recreation  program may improve the life of a few dozen - an infrastructure program affects millions.

29.       

Harbord is a bike highway with a giant fire breathing dragon in the middle.

Something must be done about the stretch between Bathurst and Spadina. Consider parking on one side only, or during non rush hours only.

30.       

Overpaid city workers (otherwise I want a job like that) / Mayor Ford is doing a Great Job!! Let him do more!!! / City Councillor salaries and  office budgets need to be reduced, there are too many people there for the wrong reasons (taking advantage of tax payer money) / It's ridiculous to see a condominium building with 38 floors go up in 9months (private company) and it takes 2 years to FIX 3 bridges on the Gardiner near Exhibition Place (City Workers) / Get rid of beggars/panhandlers off our streets!! There are ALL the resources they need but they just want tax free cash and make our city look bad. / Privatize garbage collection / revitalize Ontario place, to benefit the good tax paying citizens of Toronto so they can enjoy something for themselves  / Get rid of freeloaders on city council  / get rid of multi levels of bureaucracy that just eat up tax payer money / LET MAYOR DO EVERYTHING HE WANTS seriously! we need more people like him. / Get rid of severance package for non-re-elected councillors, they just need to get a job just like any other person after being let go from one job. 

31.       

More access for bikes on roads. Less cars in downtown. 

32.       

Reduction of vehicles on the roads to make the city more accessible to pedestrian traffic.  Construction intrusions on mobility.  Funding for public festivals.

33.       

Making the roads safe for cyclists, including bike lanes and bike boxes at intersections

34.       

Tree protection programs and tree planting programs, making it illegal to allow catowners to allow their cats to roam free (dogs can't), stopping all wind turbines from encroaching on the city or the lake, preventing developers from taking over and building on every parking lot in the city - lets face it - if we want people to come to the city, they have to be able to drive in (not everyone can take the train or afford a long-distance taxi) - in order for businesses to thrive, people need to be able to drive and park here.  Also, businesses that provide services to other businesses need to drive into the city and park here to do business.

35.       

Construction and its harmful effect on existing structures and the landscape. Wind tunnels created by lack of trees, too much car, truck and SUV traffic and too tall buildings.

36.       

With the arrival of Bixi bikes to Toronto streets, I think it would be great to have one main artery (e.g.. Avenue Road, Spadina or Yonge Street) with a bike lane throughout most of the downtown core for the summertime. Perhaps it could be a temporary measure, to test how it affects the gridlock and encourages cyclists to bike during rush-hour.