Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 50

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

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Please do not remove the bike lanes on Jarvis street. Sherbourne is a scary street to ride down at any time of day. Broken glass drunk, stoned and mentally ill people wandering around. The quality of the asphalt is terrible but the personal safety issue is the bigger one. Jarvis is much safer. Also taking bike lanes to isolated bike paths like the one by the beach is scary for women at night too as it is isolated. Main roads keep us safer. Thank you!

359.     

building proper bike-lanes and expanding the bixi bike network to link with subway stations across the city.  I recently visited Montreal and could not get over how easy it was to get around by using a combination of bixi bikes and the metro.  It was so well planned out and user friendly I am confident if that came to Toronto biking could be an extension of the public transportation network.  Note:  bikes in Montreal are parked for a fee - just like cars.  They can't be randomly tied to a tree or pole. 

There are frequently placed bike poles along city sidewalks that are fee collecting.  

360.     

establish food security;  eliminate corporate advertising, i.e. billboards;  prioritize non-vehicular traffic, i.e. pedestrians, bicycles;  address the increasing difference between rich and poor;  service & maintain public water fountains;  plant and care for trees;  promote public libraries.  Do not spend billions on a subway line when alternatives are clearly more effective.  

361.     

Improvement/development of bike lanes / 

362.     

Looking at best practices from other global cities: / Road tolls & congestion taxes. / Car-free areas. / Support for regional, local and urban agriculture. / Increasing treecanopy. / Building retrofits, and more environmentally sustainable building codes. / Peak-oil adaptation planning must be a priority. / Climate-change adaptation and mitigation strategies must be a priority. 

363.     

More trees.  Maybe a bounty on front yard and back yard parking (pay people to pull them out.)  More greenspace/ yards space and trees required with all new developments.  Lowe speed limits, safer pedestrian crossings and more bike lanes.  A ban on box stores and drive "through's.  TAX tim hortons and McDonalds and convenience stores to clean up the friggen litter.  Can the dufferin buss be made accessible?   can the subways be made accessible?  Can streetcars be made accessible.  Seriously:  try getting an old person or a baby around in this city...

364.     

Yes, we should take a serious look at how The Netherlands gives separate rights-ofway to vehicles, bicycles and pedestrians. I'm tired of being run over by bikes and ebikes that do not belong on the sidewalks. When I cycle, I fear for my life so I no longer ride a bike in Toronto. Ban bikes and e-bikes from the new street car bumpouts (e.g. on Roncesvalles). Does someone need to be killed by some sanctimonious person on a bike before we do the right thing? I was almost run over this week while I was standing on the bumpout waiting for a bus (even though there was plenty of room on the road). Pedestrians deserve a sidewalk free from bikes and e-bikes, cyclists deserve a safe and segregated right-of-way free from cars. Motorists deserve a roadway free from sanctimonious bike riders. /  /