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merde alors@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago

Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto

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Bikes v cars: backlash after Ontario premier threatens to tear up cycling lanes in Toronto

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merde alors@sh.itjust.works to Fuck Cars@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 months ago
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Doug Ford plans to rip out bike lanes on busy streets, citing ‘insanity’ of gridlock he says they contribute to
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    Here’s a video from Oh The Urbanity!, a resident of Toronto, on the stupidity of removing these specific bike lanes, and the insanity of Ontario making expensive, self-destructive traffic decisions for Toronto’s residents.

    https://youtu.be/_FZDEehlaC4

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      Oh The Urbanity! is a couple, and they live in Montreal. They previously lived in Toronto, but I think it’s been a decade or more.

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        Ah, OK. They seemed to know the streets well and the ongoing political process, at least.

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      Doug Ford is the worst mayor Toronto never elected.

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        It genuinely feels like he is throwing a tantrum because he never got to run the city and Chow is doing a way better job than he ever could. How the hell did we end up with this fool?

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          The goverment you elect is the government you deserve.

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            How is that a fair attitude to people who didn’t vote for the government in power?

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          Buckabeer.

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    !fairvote@lemmy.ca

    Why a Right-Leaning Government in New Zealand Built Bike Lanes—and Ontario Plans to Tear Them Down

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      That sub is so toxic. I fully support vote reform, though my preferred system is ranked choice/mixed member proportional. Any comments asking legitimate questions about how 100% proportion representation would work in Canada is shot down, and often deleted.

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        I’m not a fan of straight proportional representation, because it undercuts and devalues ridings and constituencies.

        I’m not going to pretend to know the real solution though.

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          I’m not a fan of straight proportional representation, because it undercuts and devalues ridings and constituencies.

          That’s not entirely accurate as the electoral systems mixed-member proportional and the single transferable vote under the proportional representation family both retain the local representation. It’s only the party-lists system that abolishes local ridings.

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            I’ve (now I see incorrectly) understood straight proportional representation to be party-list proportional.

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        Any comments asking legitimate questions about how 100% proportion representation would work in Canada is shot down, and often deleted.

        The modlogs do not support your claim.

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