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  • Are you stuck in traffic?

    Are you stuck in traffic?

    Uploaded 27 November 2024, this twenty-second clip asks whether you can escape the traffic. With the lanes banned a cyclist has no choice but to ride in front of cars, because a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane — and Ontario passing the 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Doug Ford bans bike lanes

    Doug Ford bans bike lanes

    Uploaded 29 November 2024: cars are forced into oncoming traffic because Ontario Premier Doug Ford banned the bike lanes that separated them. With the lanes gone cyclists must ride slowly in front of cars — a bike and a car or truck cannot safely share one lane, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves that clearance…

  • 2 more drivers get tickets because Doug Ford put bicycles in car traffic

    2 more drivers get tickets because Doug Ford put bicycles in car traffic

    Two more drivers were ticketed on December 1, 2024 for driving into the wrong lanes — what Doug Ford’s bike lane ban produces. With the lanes gone a cyclist must ride slowly in front of cars, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law exists because a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Drivers asked how their commute improved after this bike lane was erased

    Drivers asked how their commute improved after this bike lane was erased

    Three days after Doug Ford erased this bike lane, cyclists ride slowly in front of traffic — a car, truck, or SUV cannot safely share one lane with a bicycle. Ontario’s own 1-metre passing law proves it knows that clearance is necessary; the drivers we asked about their commute hadn’t noticed. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Kid forced into car traffic on the Bloor bike lane

    Kid forced into car traffic on the Bloor bike lane

    In December 2024 Doug Ford’s government wiped out the Bloor bike lane and pushed this kid into live traffic on one of Toronto’s busiest streets. Ontario’s own 1-metre passing law admits a car and a bicycle can’t share one lane; with the lanes banned, cyclists ride in front of cars to stay alive. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Bloor bike lane Doug Ford removed

    Bloor bike lane Doug Ford removed

    On the cold, dark evening of December 6, 2024, cyclists still rode Toronto’s Bloor Street after Doug Ford ripped out the bike lane. With lanes banned, cyclists must ride slowly in front of cars: no bike shares a lane safely with an SUV, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves clearance is necessary — judge for…

  • Removing Toronto’s Bike Lanes

    Removing Toronto’s Bike Lanes

    Doug Ford’s Ontario Conservatives tore out Toronto’s bike lanes, the brand new University Avenue lane included, and traffic never got better. With the lanes banned a cyclist must pedal slowly in front of you, since a truck and a bicycle cannot share one lane — Ontario’s 1-metre passing law admits that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Myth: Canadians don’t bike in the winter

    Myth: Canadians don’t bike in the winter

    Posted 24 December 2024, this clip tackles the excuse that Canadians don’t ride in winter: people do bike year round, and Doug Ford banned the lanes they depend on. With lanes banned a cyclist rides slowly in front of cars; Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves cars and bicycles cannot safely share one lane. #BikeLaneBlockedBy

  • Doug Ford banned bike lanes on University Avenue

    Doug Ford banned bike lanes on University Avenue

    On University Avenue the bike lane is gone; every vehicle crawls in a single lane. With lanes banned, cyclists must ride in front of cars because a bike and an SUV cannot safely share one lane — Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary, yet Ford blames cyclists for the traffic he created.…