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Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

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Environmental issues, services for seniors, bicycle lanes and the need for road tolls to curb traffic congestion and provide revenue. 

410.     

Traffic congestion

411.     

Tax vacant property and parking lots downtown at the rate of allowed buildings if built. Dedicated bike lanes are not a bad idea, but there do need to be a lot more. Stop vehicles from blocking views at corners (panel vans and tinted SUVs), and end street parking for over-long and over-wide vehicles -- truck-framed SUVs and pickups. All city documents should be searchable online. 

412.     

Traffic volume in residential areas are extremely heavy due to out-of-town workers 'cutting through' our suburbs to reach their jobs downtown.  Dangerous, aggressive drivers especially along routes leading off 401 e.g.. Bayview Ave., Leslie St.

413.     

Making more pedestrian and cyclist-only thoroughfares.  / Slowing/calming traffic overall. / Funding arts initiatives, youth outreach and cultural festivals. / 

414.     

Infrastructure for bicycles, including bicycle lanes, support of programs like Bixi, and changing traffic standards to better take account of the needs of bicycles.

415.     

It depends on what is included in the words you placed on the survey. /  / For example, fire services and emergency medical needs to be included, but may be assumed under the safety and security heading (so not mentioned as often as it might be otherwise). /  / So, especially if the headings have a narrow definition, I would include in the mix the following - policing, accessibility, human rights support, shelters for children, youth and adults, mental health services, provincially-mandated health activities such as promotion, prevention (public health inspections), collaboration with other municipal governments and other government departments to determine best practices, food programs to ensure there is no hunger, income support where needed to ensure no poverty, managing housing stock to ensure affordable housing, maintaining waterfront access and ensuring construction of highdensity housing includes appropriate community services, recreation services (pools, etc. especially for low income families), beautification and maintenance of public property(we used to have a gloriously maintained city and were the envy of many), and by-law enforcement on private property and enforcing bylaws on all fronts, undertaking all other mandated provincial activities such as court services/payments, appropriate land-use planning and permitting/inspection, noise and nuisance control, fence/boundary disputes, parking (not sure if it was included in transportation), supporting arts, cultural and heritage events to ensure tourism, child care systems, public libraries and internet access

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

416.     

Metro-Links - making easier transportation access between municipalities and across the GTA; Bike lanes - provide a sustainable vision to increase bike lanes and use in the city; Do not cut social programs to provide more funding to Police. The police in this city have lost the trust of many citizens. Looking at the graph on Operating Expenses  with Police taking the lion's share at $25.63 of every $100 does not reflect a vision for this city I can subscribe to as a tax payer. Crime is lower - yes, there are problems and gangs, but this budget entry tells me we are a "law & order" city and that is not what I want for my city.

417.     

Roads kept in a good state of repair with no potholes and accompanying sidewalks well repaired and cleaned and easy to walk upon

418.     

Toronto has the lowest tax rates in the GTA.  Please inform our citizens of this fact.  People who I talk to think their taxes are too high and are shocked when I tell them how low their taxes are in comparison to surrounding cities.  905 citizens are not contributing to the city even though they use our roads, GO, etc.  They should be paying road tolls to help the city maintain good quality roads.

419.     

Parking pads should not be allowed as they take up a space 24/7 leaving those without parking pads or driveways looking for spots.   A parking ticket should not be $30 - this is too high.  

420.     

I would love to see roads blocked by lovely planted trees (Think Ryerson south of Elm). I don't think it is very important to have a car in the city. The subway, walking, and cycling are far superior ways to travel. If we had more pedestrian events

(Kensington etc) we would have less smog from the cars idling, and more clean air to enjoy. We would also start to bring in more tourism as everyone wants to enjoy life - and not in the middle of gridlock and horns.

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security, health, poverty, jobs, recycling, access and affordable childcare/daycares, healthy food, Emergency services, better transportation, better infrastructure i.e. roads, highways, Education, better care of trees, more affordable parking/free parking especially around medical buildings i.e. clinics, hospitals, etc.

422.     

Bike lanes, affordable housing and fighting homophobia on city council

423.     

Road tolls or some form of congestion charging is becoming increasingly necessary.  

424.     

You talk of roads.  What about the pedestrians.  You do not clear the sideways after snow storms giving precedence to the roads, the sidewalks are too much on an incline making difficult to walk, Major streets have vendors taking on much of the side walk space, there is nothing stopping bikes (with adults on them) from terrorizing pedestrians

425.     

I agree with garbage outsourcing. I think that cities should take care of garbage and roads, but get out of other areas such as daycare. 

426.     

No privatization of companies, no highway tolls, no nuclear plants

427.     

Traffic in and out of the City of Toronto, taxes too high and cost of living increasing daily making it unaffordable to live in and around Toronto.

428.     

traffic