Roads, sidewalks and transportation services. To begin, what do you think are the most important issues facing our city in 2011, страница 41

Roads, sidewalks & traffic - Other Important Issues

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Affordable childcare should be a priority. Overall, we need less focus on profit, roads and 'the economy', and more focus on quality of life for all citizens.

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Public transportation (expansion thereof); Bike lanes (expansion thereof)

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WE ARE OVER-GOVERNED. SMALLER BUREAUCRACY, FEWER HARASSING BYLAWS (THINK OF CHASING DOGWALKERS, OR HIRING STUDENTS TO PEEK IN WINDOWS LOOKING FOR INDOOR CATS), FOCUS ON THE BASICS OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT.

SAFETY, CLEAN WATER, ROADS. IMPLEMENT AN INTERNET-BASED SYSTEM SO

TAXPAYERS CAN VOTE ON ANY ISSUE THAT AFFECTS THEM

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improve the condition of the roads around the city.  When the gas companies dig up the roads MAKE THEM repair their digging PROPERLY.

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more bike lanes

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We need a pair of lungs for this city. A priority has to be to make a downtown city park, just as Montreal has Parc Mont Royal and New York has Central Park. The closest we come is the islands, but citizens have to pay to go there. Crazy.  / We need initiatives to discourage private auto use and encourage public transportation and especially biking. Biking needs to be a priority in a city concerned about traffic congestion, infrastructure costs and the environment.

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Making the city more bike friendly, but at the same time not anti-car.  I think the bike lanes in this city could've been better thought out.

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Bike lanes / recycling and environment days

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Bike lanes. / Open and honest consultations with the public.

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Bike lanes!!!  Enlarged public transportation system.

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In regards to city infrastructure I think that bike lanes need to be (re)addressed as a matter of safety for pedestrians and drivers (not just cyclists).

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Increasing local democracy; making recreational services more affordable or free; increasing taxes and introducing road tolls to raise revenue.

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childcare, support for alternative methods of transportation - i.e. more bike lanes & extended bike paths separate from main streets

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The City is too large, which itself causes many of the strains & demands for more funding.   More employers & work should be encouraged and given incentives to move away to other provincial locations.   Toronto should have a plan to downsize and not be larger than perhaps 2 Mill people since that's maybe the max it can currently handle for its infrastructure.   Way too much congestion everywhere which is straining public transportation, roads, and creating pollution.   If a significant chunk of the downtown jobs moved away there would also be less traveling from people in suburbs, who can't afford to even live here.  Toronto should discuss options with other government levels to do encourage this transition in the next 5-10 years.  Maybe even de-amalgamate & go back to more manageable sized Toronto with 3 surrounding boroughs.   Amalgamation hasn't really worked.