Tag: BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Bloor at Bathurst
Traffic sat backed up on Bloor Street at Bathurst on September 2, 2026, one of the busiest stretches Doug Ford banned bike lanes on. Without the lane, cyclists must ride slowly in front of cars: a bicycle and an SUV cannot safely share one lane, and Ontario’s 1-metre passing law admits that clearance is necessary.…
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Ontario AHXP 315
On September 18, 2026 a white Nissan SUV (Ontario AHXP 315) failed to stay 1 metre away from a bicycle while passing a cyclist on eastbound St. Clair east of Avenue Road — a violation of the Ontario Highway Traffic Act. With the bike lanes banned, riders must ride slowly in front of cars, and…
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Would you get home faster on University without bike lanes?
This November 2024 clip from University Avenue in Toronto shows cyclists riding slowly in front of cars because, with the bike lanes banned, a car and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane. Ontario passed the 1-metre passing law precisely because that clearance is necessary; Doug Ford’s bike lane ban takes it away. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Gardaworld blocks traffic
On October 26, 2024 this Gardaworld van and SUV parked on Yonge Street in front of a no stopping sign and traffic backed up behind it. Stuck in traffic? Blame Gardaworld. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Doug Ford put Families in Danger for Votes
On October 24, 2024 this clip asks what kind of leader makes families bike in car traffic for votes. Since Ford banned the lanes a cyclist must ride slowly out front — a truck and a bicycle cannot safely share one lane, and Ontario’s own 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Doug Ford Put Kids Bicycling to School in “Your” Lane
In October 2024, Doug Ford banned the bike lanes that keep kids biking to school safe. With the lanes gone, children must ride slowly in front of cars and trucks that cannot safely share one lane with a bicycle — and Ontario’s own 1-metre passing law proves that clearance is necessary. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Six months of blocked bike lanes
A Toronto cyclist was killed July 25, 2024 getting around a blocked bike lane. Every lane here is a rider forced to pedal in front of cars, because a bike and a car cannot share one — Ontario passed a 1-metre passing law knowing that clearance is necessary, then banned the lanes anyway. #BikeLaneBlockedBy
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Bloor Yorkville Dumpster Blocked the Bike Lane
On Bloor Street in Yorkville, a dumpster sat in the bike lane and a 24-year-old cyclist was killed across the street from where this SUV is blocking this bike lane. Doug Ford banned the protected lanes, so cyclists now ride in front of cars in a lane too narrow for both — Ontario’s 1-metre passing…
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Colorado ECN L05
On October 6, 2026 the driver of a Colorado vehicle, plate ECN L05, violates Ontario Highway Traffic Act, failing to stay 1 meter away from bicycles while passing westbound Bloor Street at Spadina. Doug Ford banned the bike lanes that gave riders room, so now they ride in front of you in your lane. #BikeLaneBlockedBy