STRANGE DOINGS IN T.O.
According to the Toronto Star:
Forum Research’s automated telephone survey of 1,050 Torontonians conducted Wednesday found, however, strong support for (Mayor Rob) Ford’s soon-to-be-released plan to put physically separated bike lanes on some downtown streets. …
On tolls, the idea of charging drivers on main thoroughfares remains a non-starter with the public, said Forum president Lorne Bozinoff. … Gordon Chong, picked by Ford to figure out how to finance the $4 billion Sheppard line, has said it will likely take road tolls, congestion charges and other revenue tools, as well as massive private investment, to get the subway built.
Separated bike lanes, on the other hand, garnered a whopping 72 per cent support.
Yes, that quote above said: “(Mayor Rob) Ford’s soon-to-be-released plan”. Biking Toronto explains “The Strange Tale of the Politics of Separated Bikelanes.”
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UPGRADE
Richard Campbell has upgraded his Facebook site: I Love the Hornby Street Bike Lane to a news group format.
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I may be in the extreme minority here, but that Facebook site for I Love the Hornby Street Bike Lane isn’t letting me in without a Facebook account… Seems silly to limit the outreach to those with a Facebook account.
(Then again, my mind exploded from reading about Rob Ford’s plan for separated lanes so I may be entirely out to lunch here.)