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Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

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heritage preservation, good cycling infrastructure, better monitoring of road repairs and cuts

284.     

Cycling and public transportation should taken more seriously. The financial and environmental cost of gridlock are high. The city needs to invest heavily in cycling and public transportation infrastructure. Equality and inclusion of minorities. The huge waiting list on Toronto Community Housing is a huge issue since many individuals are trying to flee from unthinkable violence and negative circumstances, but cannot do so since the wait list is so long.

285.     

cleaning, road maintenance, hospitals, 

286.     

Heritage - Toronto seems to be losing all it's historic buildings / Tourism - lost revenue due to the ugliness and congestion / Transportation - link Toronto with the Golden Horseshoe with high speed trains

287.     

Consider raising revenue through road tolls, and indexing property taxes to cost of living rates

288.     

I'd just like to take the chance to emphasize the need for affordable, effective public transportation, as well as the construction of safe bike lanes.  So many more people

(including me) would bike more if it wasn't so dangerous.  I also think the development/redevelopment of the waterfront is a key concern, and should continue to receive more and more attention.

289.     

bike safety including designated bike lanes

290.     

Subsidized housing, food programs, increase bike lanes 

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1) Providing all budget information to citizens in a user-friendly manner -- this has not done in the case of the Core Service Review.   / 2) Provide all financial information electronically, on signage and in media.  E.g. all road construction project signage must include price for labour, materials, police, etc. / 3) cities must invest.  / 4) Enable staff to be bold and build trust with citizens instead of hiding behind desks.   / 5) Unhappy staff who only work for city because of pension should be "helped out" through a severance package so they can work at their true calling -- only they know what that is. /  /  / 

292.     

Cycling, getting cars off the roads +  healthy local food should be widely available and affordable 

293.     

Public transportation is an extremely overpriced unreliable mess, there is a great need for bike lanes all over the city, utilities and property tax are grossly expensive

294.     

More/better art venues,  dedicated bike lanes

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

295.     

The City and the public should change their perceptions about the need to deliver perfect services to everyone, at all times. /  / For example, yesterday a teenage skateboarder ran into the back of a car, (going downhill, on the road, out of control) and suffered minor injuries.  To this minor collision, we sent 4 police cars, an ambulance, and a fire truck.  All of them were there for about an hour.  We only needed an ambulance (or paramedic) and one police car. /  / I am sure that at one point in time we developed a protocol to send an abundance of services to address every possible need.  While this is perfect government services, it is very expensive public services.   /  / While it is great that the City is asking its residents to prioritize services, we should also be examining our protocols for the delivery of services to determine if by providing perfect services only 99% of the time that we can see a substantial reduction in the costs of delivering these services.

296.     

Stop being so small minded at city council and in the Mayor's office.  New York is a real model for creating a world class city that is both fiscal conservative in a time of financial restraint as well as being open to innovative ideas that encourages environmental supportive ideas and fosters tourism around culture, art, food and sports.   They haven't gone down the road of crass solutions like naming rights but have created innovative sponsorship opportunities.   I feel there is very little leadership and creative thinking at the new city council and in the Mayor's office there is even less.  

297.     

Bike lanes and making people who drive cars more aware of bike traffic.

298.     

better, cheaper parking

299.     

Cultural activities that are not aligned with Sports: visual arts, libraries, theatre, music and street festivals. Parking and transportation around the city continue to grow as problems. The city could use more police enforcement of parking violations and attention to abuse of parking passes such as handicapped parking fraud. 

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Downtown subway expansion such as the downtown relief line is essential prior to any extension of the Yonge line into York Region.  We must alleviate congestion at Yonge/Bloor prior to extension.  Also, Torontonians will be waiting on platforms watching trains full of York Region residents pass them by.

301.     

Bike lanes, as promised by previous elected municipal governments.

302.     

Bike lanes, funding for the arts, community development

303.     

Access to affordable housing, particularly for disabled, mentally ill and addicted peoples.  Access to mental health care at no cost or low cost (without waiting lists of more than 1 month).  Making cycling safer and more viable for average commuters (penalizing vehicle drivers for contravening rules of the road particularly when they put cyclist as risk - e.g. parking/pulling over in bike lanes, forcing cyclist out into traffic; cutting in front of cyclists when making right-hand turns, etc.).