Leiper: Doug Ford's bike-lane legislation is about politics, not safety or traffic flow | Unpublished
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Author: Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen
Publication Date: October 17, 2024 - 11:10

Leiper: Doug Ford's bike-lane legislation is about politics, not safety or traffic flow

October 17, 2024
A potential new law that would send some city-planned bike lanes to Premier Doug Ford’s minister of transportation for approval is bad news for everyone who needs to get from point A to point B in Ottawa. The law undermines good transportation planning, and many are concerned it will make it more difficult to build bike infrastructure that can reduce the number of deaths and catastrophic injuries on our roads. Read More


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