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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

This whole removal of bike lanes on Toronto's roadways that are classified as streets is so backwards.

Streets are for the people that live on them. Streets are a destination points.Roads are designed to get you from point a to point b. Roads are not a destination and don't care about the community they cut through.

We are removing key infrastructure in our cities that directly supports the residents living within these areas, and replacing it to serve suburban commuters that live outside the city.

We need to make city centres more enjoyable and walkable. We need to make city centres more accessible to families. Having people move out of the city and commute into it everyday is the opposite of this. We need more choice in housing sizes and units layouts, we need more schools that are not at capacity.

There needs to be a greater push in how North America classifies its roadways. There are key differences between streets, roads, high-speed roads, highways, and interstates. All these classifications impact how these roadways serve the people around them, and how people use them. For example you would not put a sidewalk next to a highway car lane.

Instead these last few decades its been either "strode's" or highway. In some cases even strode's acting as highways as well.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 month ago (1 children)

A proper stroad should have highway speeds (80+), many intersections, every business is allowed direct driveway access, no sidewalk to make room for more car lanes, and there must be at least 3 drive thrus per kilometer.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Are you the Transportation Minister for Brampton. /s