Tag: BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Bike lane ban means bikes in your lane
On July 11, 2025 this clip brags: “Just watch how quickly we get those bike lanes out of there.” With Doug Ford’s ban, cyclists must ride slowly in front of cars — a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Someone asked about my bike lane ban sign
August 1, 2025, Toronto: a driver asked about my bike’s sign as I took the lane from Bloor to University. Banning the lanes puts cyclists in front of cars — no truck shares a lane safely with a bicycle; Ontario’s 1-metre passing law admits that clearance, and the courts ruled Ford’s ban violates our Charter…
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Ontario CXLT 975
On January 8, 2026, Ontario plate CXLT 975 sat parked in the bike lane on College Street west of University around 5:45 pm. With the lanes banned, a cyclist is pushed out in front and made to crawl ahead of cars a bicycle can never safely share one lane with. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Stuck behind a cyclist in rush hour traffic
Uploaded January 15, 2026: with Ontario’s bike lanes banned, a cyclist must ride slowly right in front of your car because a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane. Ontario’s own 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Stuck behind a cyclist in a Toronto snowstorm
January 2026, Toronto: a snowstorm commute turns into sitting behind a cyclist in the traffic lane. Doug Ford and the Ontario Conservatives banned the bike lanes those workers ride to the office, so now they belong in front of you. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Fordnation gets Trumped
Since Doug Ford’s Conservatives banned the bike lanes, cyclists must ride slowly in front of your car — because a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane. Ontario passed a 1-metre passing law precisely because that clearance is necessary, then tore out the lanes that provide it. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Ontario DCWJ 553
On June 21, 2026 just after 5pm, a huge SUV crossed into oncoming traffic to squeeze past riders on southbound Yonge Street north of Davenport. With Doug Ford’s bike lanes banned there is no room and no protection — a cyclist must ride slowly in front of traffic, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves that…
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Ontario CFFP 652
On August 25, 2026, Ontario plate CFFP 652 clipped a cyclist’s handlebars on Young Street near St. Clair. Doug Ford removed the Young Street bike lane, so cyclists ride slowly in front of you: a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Why aren’t people riding in bike lanes?
Ontario’s highest court let Doug Ford rip out Toronto’s most prominent bike lanes, and he called banning them a victory. With the lanes gone a cyclist rides slowly in front of cars, since a truck and a bike can’t share one lane safely — and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law proves it knows that clearance is…