You can`t be taking out car lanes for bike lanes, there doing that in Victoria and its not working , it`s causing traffic jams and there are no cyclists using the bike lane, its ridiculous.
@mikko.g
15 күн бұрын
Bike lanes are for car drivers. Doug Ford literally said that by saying bikes clog up traffic. I personally hate being in bike lanes and find they are very dangerous with right/left hooks and drive way crosses with 1 exception, and that is if the road is 80 kph. If the roads are 30kph biking is very comfortable. I don't believe the solution is making bike lanes. I believe the solution is capping car speeds so that bikes can use the already built and maintained infrastructure... oh and get rid of street parking, remove parking minimums, heavily invest in public transit and legislate out vehicles with large blocking zones and baby killing grills.
@ryanelliott71698
16 күн бұрын
Not far from where I live there’s a road that’s like this. It’s the same width and goes from 50, to 60, to 70, then to 80 all in a straight line! No wonder people speed on this road.
@pbilk
16 күн бұрын
Doug Ford really flipped flopped from making a bike lanes a priority when he made a video of him biking in Toronto to they only belong on the side streets.
@derekjolly3680
16 күн бұрын
Ford was also a subject of popular derision for the ludicrous China Virus restrictions he was pushing I believe. I had the impression that between freedom of movement restrictions and riot police use against freedom of assembly he was right up there on the same tyranny playbook as Dan Andrews in Victoria, Australia. This is all of course a mixture of politics and practicality. Big wigs like Ford don't want to alienate the people who don't ever think in terms of bicycling and who'll only see things from an immediate and personal perspective related to driving impacts. So I mean to say it's the combination of a non-cycling mindset for both Ford and his people and also for a high percentage of citizens too. They don't understand and can't relate to what they haven't done for most of their lives.
@tylerdurden8378
16 күн бұрын
Cyclists need to realize they are a minority and that it isn't an option for many people. My wife bikes to work March-November. My job is at different sites everyday and I haul 200lbs of equipment so it's not an option. I'm generally for bike lanes but there is a pronounced myopia amongst hardcore cycling advocates wherein they can't get their heads around the fact it's just not in the cards for a lot of people.
@darkglass3011
17 күн бұрын
Doug Ford (Paraphrased): I propose building an underground highway under an existing highway to solve traffic congestion. This is seriously one of the dumbest things he ever said. If his proposed "tunnel" is two lanes, it's so impractical that there's no point in even bothering to build it. If his "tunnel" is four or more lanes wide which fits the definition of a highway and is more likely what he meant, then it's still stupid because even if you have unlimited time and money, there WILL be traffic congestion, but underground. You will be trapped in a dark enclosed space for hours at a time and if there happens to be an accident, it will become a literal death trap with no way to escape. The suburbanites who voted in this corrupt idiot who's flailing and flip-flopping all over the place should be ashamed of themselves.
@tylerdurden8378
16 күн бұрын
As compared to the woke fools who voted for the McSquinty/Wynne lieberals? You do realize that amount of corruption is the same it's jus that the Libs hide it better. Gas plant, e-health, greenbelt/Sorbarra Group etc etc.
@AUG_XZABER
17 күн бұрын
3:29 I've cycled on that stroad a couple of times from work. Dangerous af.
@Coltoid
17 күн бұрын
I noticed you don’t follow @ohtheurbanity
@xijaomao
17 күн бұрын
Bruh, banning bike lanes anywhere is stupid, especially for the entire province of Ontario.
@PeterSdrolias
17 күн бұрын
Excellent video! You are bang on. You must have listened to Jason from Not Just Bikes and Strong Towns. I wish all of you good luck! ❤️ from Winnipeg
@glennmartin6492
17 күн бұрын
Cyclists should start grouping together and ride in a line across a lane from now on.
@armanjoe-bw8uv
17 күн бұрын
banning bike lanes on main streets will help to much becuase on this road in toronto a 4km drive took at rush hour 20-25 min now with the bikes lanes takes 32-38 min
@ktefccre
17 күн бұрын
Yes, please. 😢
@cmdrls212
17 күн бұрын
why KZitem urbanism is failing: nobody shows up at City Hall
@pbilk
16 күн бұрын
So true. We need more people making the time or finding ways to engage with their municipality, town or city. Local governments don't make it easy when some meetings are in the middle of the workday. However, some have alternative options such as writing in, sending a video, and a video call option that you can do during your break at work.
@WhereWeRoll
18 күн бұрын
I cannot stress enough the importance of reaching out to politicians and going to meetings. If just a fraction of people who I know support this infrastructure in my city showed up the demand would be impossible to ignore.
@planesandbikes7353
18 күн бұрын
I vote Conservative but also support your position on bike lanes. Cities need more of them and maintain them as connected networks. Doug Ford is wrong. Bike routes need the most direct routes due to the effort needed to power them around.
@Metryingatlife
18 күн бұрын
100% I would bike it it were safe but the main roads do not have safe bike lanes so I walk, drive or take a bus.
@Tristano1
18 күн бұрын
Thank you for making this quick video! I also want to point to your recent video about Tokyo's invisible network, and how most local streets are traffic calmed enough that you don't need dedicated infrastructure. The same can be true in Canada, a ton of local suburban streets are completely fine to bike along due to low traffic. It's where I see most kids bike. But as soon as you get up to a larger road or stroad it's not reasonable for anyone to bike on it. If you've got a paper cut and a stab wound, you use the bandages on the stab wound first.
@PromenadeMTL
18 күн бұрын
I think this policy is a question of city center vs suburbs. In Montreal there are major arteries that are used as alternatives for motorists to commute to work. The roads are unusable for locals during rush hour. There are adjacent autoroutes in many cases but travelling on the boulevard is a shortcut or avoids a toll road. Montreal added bus lanes and bicycle trails to some of these roads to change the traffic patterns and discourage the cross town commute via boulevard. This could be a policy to prevent local mayors from managing their road network for the benefit of their population in favour of suburbanites.
@dudeguy2330
17 күн бұрын
It probably is meant to interfere with local mayors. That's what drove the Conservatives to amalgamate Toronto in the 90's, despite widespread opposition to it: Toronto's core was doing great on its own because it had been developed sustainably, but the municipalities that grew up around it were struggling because they primarily developed as suburbs dominated by single-family houses (populated by people that commuted into Metro Toronto). The amalgamation meant Conservatives catered to their suburban voters by redistributing Metro Toronto's success to those unsustainable suburban municipalities, rather than leaving them to figure out and fix what they're doing wrong. This is functionally pretty similar to that: Cities (particularly in and around the GTA) are recognizing they they need to develop in a way that allows them to function for themselves and not just for people commuting through them, and that's making suburban voters butthurt because they like feeling special and having roads dedicated solely to them. Ford is playing directly to that suburban entitlement, ignoring every piece of evidence that indicates that's only going to make Toronto's already-horrible traffic even worse. It's probably been particularly spurred on by the fact that Chow is generally in favour of trying to pivot Toronto away from being so dependent on cars. But hey, at least the 401's going to get another lane, and this time it's underground because that's totally reasonable!
@Noeffortvideos
18 күн бұрын
If they were to remove bike lanes, i think there would be major protest and people would be blocking main streets to protest against this completely illogical behavior, thanks for sharing
@bengt_axle
18 күн бұрын
If you live in Toronto or other parts of densely populated Ontario, then you should see what happened in Montreal when it did just the opposite (removed car lanes and put in protected bike lanes). The REV (réseau express vélo) dramatically increased the number of people biking in town, thereby reducing commuting and congestion and delays within the city. It allows parents to even bike with their kids to school or the park instead of driving them in an SUV. As a result, there's less car traffic along these routes. The main reason why car traffic dropped is because previously, when there was no bike lane, it encouraged people to live in town with a car, and just park it in the street (often for free). These parked cars reduced the flow of traffic, but also increased congestion during the no parking hours, because owners had to be driving them somewhere. The dedicated bike lane, which is even cleared during winter now, was a double whammy because it removed those extra cars, while at the same time reducing the number of passengers on busses and métro and cars. Building a tunnel to link up two major highways when there is already congestion, will just encourage people to buy a second (or even third) car if they live in the suburbs because they will try and drive everywhere.
@maureenwagg5305
18 күн бұрын
Montreal has always been a leader in how to do this right. I'm a former Montrealer and my aunts and many relatives still live there. The transit system is far superior to Toronto. They could have learned the lessons of Montreal instead of f-ing it up so badly it takes billions to try and fix it. Doug Ford is very trying. He doesn't like bikes at all. He loves his SUV.
@Ottawabiker-fj1cp
18 күн бұрын
Ford could get 2 birds with one stone by digging tunnels under bike paths.
@hughcampbell-ww3bf
18 күн бұрын
Excellent analysis, thanks!
@leggysoft
18 күн бұрын
The problem with bike lanes is the lack of density, outside the core of Toronto you have to travel so far to get anywhere, and cities don't want to take care of the roads better in the winter. Liberal strongholds are even more difficult than conservative ones when it comes to getting things built, NDP has been the best and worst in my experience, a lot of politicians want a shortage to drive up prices, it's why they're pro immigration, on top of the whole modern serfdom model.
@CharlieND
18 күн бұрын
I don't think Ford realises that bike lanes don't clog up traffic; other cars in car lanes clog up traffic.
@maureenwagg5305
18 күн бұрын
He is a bear of very little brain.
@TheDailyFreedom
18 күн бұрын
Cities like Freiburg and Utrecht have long demonstrated that investing in cycling infrastructure not only reduces congestion but also improves public health and lowers transportation costs for residents. In fact, bike lanes allow for more efficient use of road space and provide alternative transportation, which benefits everyone-drivers included. But here’s the real irony: the need for dedicated cycling infrastructure wouldn’t even exist if we hadn’t bulldozed human-scale cities to make way for sprawling stroads-those massive, dangerous, car-centric stretches of asphalt that have taken over urban areas. It’s absurd that after literally leveling neighborhoods to build these monstrosities, governments now want to blame people for wanting safer alternatives like bike lanes. Worse, they act as if those who cycle are the problem, when all they’re asking for is the ability to get around without risking their lives. In the end, banning bike lanes isn’t just short-sighted-it’s a cruel result of decades of poor planning, and stupidity...
@PeterSdrolias
17 күн бұрын
100%
@jamesphillips2285
18 күн бұрын
Fuck that noise. I find hermitage road (in Edmonton, doxxing myself a bit), which had two lanes removed for 2 bike lanes, less stressful to both drive and bike down.
@wildilde8510
18 күн бұрын
I honestly thought this was a joke when I first heard about it, Doug has to be one of the worst politicians I've ever seen
@Simqer
18 күн бұрын
Wait until you meet his brother, is what I would say if he wasn't several feet under ground. now.
@GraemeMacDermid
18 күн бұрын
Is Ford trolling? Certainly the 401 tunnel expansion seems a joke.
@Simqer
18 күн бұрын
@@GraemeMacDermid don't underestimate the Fords' ability to be stupid.
@AUG_XZABER
17 күн бұрын
Which is why we have to canvas and phone bank with the ONDP to get people out to vote in the next election. The only reason why Ford keeps winning is low voter turnout.
@user72974
16 күн бұрын
@@AUG_XZABER People should check out which party other than the PCs (Ford's party) is most likely to beat the PCs in their area. Sometimes that's NDP, sometimes that's Liberals, and believe it or not sometimes that's the Green Party. There are good sources online people can use to find out what their area is like.
@andrewdechamp8678
18 күн бұрын
I hate the opinion that bikes should go in side streets. Unless you're a sport biker, the whole reason you're biking is to go somewhere, and most destinations are on the main streets!
@amymagdaleneta
18 күн бұрын
sports bikers don't really want to use side streets either because they wanna go fast.
@nico-xd3yb
18 күн бұрын
In my City the side streets are often areas not connected to each other. If you want to cross a river, traintrack or highway you have to use the main streets. So cycle paths in side streets would be a zig zack an lead every 2000 Meters/1.25 miles to the main street unless they build more crossings, but the city has no money. Removing all parkingspaces at the main street sounds horrible to many peaople. But they did this and now there are 67% more cyclist. And in a 500 meter/0.3 mile radius only 2.5% of all parking spaces are removed. Plus there are 3 Parking houses almost empty.
@andrewdechamp8678
18 күн бұрын
@@nico-xd3yb Oh The Urbanity just posted a video this morning with our exact points!
@hairypotter259
18 күн бұрын
Why can't they get it into their heads that more bikes mean less cars which is good for everyone
@BeHappyByBike
18 күн бұрын
Their heads are filled with Car Brain
@tidbit1877
18 күн бұрын
How would more bike lanes mean less cars in Canada where you can't even bike for 4 plus months a year; combined with the fact that most people do not live close enough to work to ride means that at best you eliminate a few trips a month from the average driver. Stop thinking with Europhile/Student brain and come live in the real world. Some streets can afford to lose a lane to bikes, but most cannot and if they do add bike lanes then they are ridiculously dangerous. Also, large trucks still need to cart all the goods we consume into the city, so the roads do need to be a certain size in almost every area. I don't agree with the stupid Conservatives plan, but cyclists need to grow a brain and accept that not every road requires a bike lane, two pedestrian sidewalks, a separation of trees and grass, a separate bus only lane or tram line, and then multiple vehicle lanes! That in fact would make a city very Unfriendly to cyclists and pedestrians because it would make roads way too wide!
@julians.2597
18 күн бұрын
@@tidbit1877I don't see why it would be impossible to ride for a third of the year in Canada. When I visited Norway last winter there were people biking all over Oslo in -20°. You just need a little maintenance to keep the snow packed and everything is buttery smooth.
@BeHappyByBike
18 күн бұрын
@@julians.2597 because it's simply not true. I ride year round in Winnipeg and I've been a cancer patient for 7 years. I don't think I have any super human abilities. Most people could bike in the winter, and would choose to use the bus when conditions are too bad. (Provided you build a proper bus network)
@BeHappyByBike
18 күн бұрын
@@tidbit1877 Your first point, I don't agree with. When people have safe, cycling options in the winter to get to work, they will use them. I live in one of Canada's coldest provinces with minor infrastructure, and I still bike 8km each way every day, half of it on separated paths. The only times I couldn't bike is when the cycling lane wasn't plowed quick enough. But this year I got an Ebike with thicker tires for the winter I'll be able to use a bike even when the city doesn't plow the lanes right away. But I only have to come up with my own solution because the city doesn't yet plow the bike lanes quick enough.
@yukaira
18 күн бұрын
God, doug sounds exactly like his crack smoking brother...
@CasualCommuter_
18 күн бұрын
✍ Sign the petition here: www.cycleto.ca/ilovebikelanes If you live in Ontario, please take a few minutes to email your MPP: Find your MPP here: www.ola.org/en/members/current Minister of Transportation: www.ola.org/en/members/all/prabmeet-singh-sarkaria
@thefactspherefromportal2740
Ай бұрын
A nice break from the YT shorts chaos. Thanks!
@grinningidiot
Ай бұрын
Another thing that's a bit odd about cycling in Japan is that you are considered a light vehicle. This means that you can now actually be fined for using your bell to alert pedestrians or cars to your presence in a non-emergency scenario the same way using your car horn in a non-emergency scenario will get you a ticket.
@CasualCommuter_
18 күн бұрын
Yeah it’s a bit weird to consider the improper use of a bike bell and a car horn as equivalent 😅
@ferryvantichelen6521
3 ай бұрын
Intersections @2:02 are still the wrong way around for safety. Bikes shouldn't drop down to car-level, cars should have to climb to bike level. So happy we have it that way around in the Netherlands.
@CasualCommuter_
3 ай бұрын
Yeah raised crossings/intersections are very rare here. I’ve asked city staff and they usually say that emergency vehicles and buses as reasons to avoid them. Not sure how that makes sense as raised crossings seem to work in Dutch cities 🤷
@TheDailyFreedom
3 ай бұрын
I saw the video about a month ago and thought should be another suberbian with their SUV annoyed from the less space and speeds. Now that I actually show your channel I feel so lucky! Usually I am the one finding the intelligent people to speak with them and share ideas but I really never thought someone would come to comment to my videos. Thanks 🙏
@freemanol
4 ай бұрын
Seeing how cyclists in japan can share the space with pedestrians made me feel that maybe it's also the sensibility of the japanese people that makes it possible to cycle without a full-fledged cycling infrastructure. If people don't get mad too easily, slow down when it's reasonable to do so, avoid narrowly zooming past things, it could work. Meanwhile when I lived in London, cyclists and pedestrians are very aggressive and defensive about their right of way, and also making dangerous manouvers since technically it's legal. It made the experience scarier eventhough there are dedicated cycle lanes there. Things work in Japan because they have a functioning society, which agrees to be sensible towards one another. There are exceptions of course, but I feel that is the root of a good city, before good infrasturcture.
@gillty
4 ай бұрын
The problem with this video is that it doesn't reflect the reality of cycling in Japan. Bicycle lanes or markings are considered municipal decorations under the national legal system and do not provide any codified protection for cyclists. Cars, trucks, law enforcement generally do not show much regards for cyclists. Cyclists on sidewalks or narrow lanes do not follow any common culture or rules, running through red traffic signals, riding in oncoming traffic, ignoring pedestrians, cutting around blind corners, jumping on and off sidewalks, etc... When considering that "mama chariots" are twenty kg, electric assisted, poorly maintained machines accidents are particularly frightning. Any informed resident (i.e. those who both cycle and have a drivers license) with an eye for being informed would say Tokyo and Japan in general lacks a cycling culture. -a Tokyo cyclist who would like to see things improved.
@BVEtrain
4 ай бұрын
Great video! love from what looks to be a fellow Ottawa-ite? and im also japanese this was very informative
@mauritsbol4806
4 ай бұрын
600km is 0. This is Tokyo. that is maybe 0.1% of all roads if your lucky.
@mauritsbol4806
4 ай бұрын
Tell this @notjustbikes rn.
@aproy5256
4 ай бұрын
Mamachari goes so fast in narrow small roads in big cities. Some times I feel scary when I walk around.
@davidsixtwo
4 ай бұрын
I love all the disdain other urbanists have for people who like "cycling for sports" -- the false choice between enjoying going fast on a bike and "organic trips for people of all ages and genders" as if women and young and old people can't participate in bike racing if they want to. Cycling & bike infrastructure should be inclusive of cycling for sport (is it bad if the city wants to sponsor a casual bike race?). Bikes aren't just for basic transportation. I'm a bad/slow touring cyclist, but I always feel judged for owning bike gear by city cyclists in cool clothes. Can we all get along?
@hobog
4 ай бұрын
3:39 Taiwan's urban planning features alley-streets like this, maybe colonial influence
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