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'It's frustrating': Mississauga residents group says bike lane project violates their Charter rights

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Reprinted from: mississauga.com Claim that biking infrastructure creates risk of injuries, death is contested by advocates Steve Cornwell Mississauga News Tuesday, February 15, 2022 Sometimes paint and pavement on a roadway carry significant meaning. For a Mississauga residents group, a bike lane that could run in front of residential homes on Bloor Street represents a violation of the most fundamental rights in the land, while others believe the proposed cycling infrastructure means a safer road in a city far behind the curb on supporting active transportation. Such are the stakes as the city is set to host a third, previously unplanned,  community meeting on March 9  for the Bloor Street integrated project, a proposal recommending adding 4.6 kilometres of bike lanes on Bloor from Etobicoke Creek, across the Applewood Hills and Heights neighbourhoods before ending at Central Parkway East. The third meeting was called after a January city council session where the Applewood Hills and H
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This golf club has asked to remove bike lanes so cars can park on road

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Reprinted from:  https://cyclingmagazine.ca/advocacy/this-golf-club-has-asked-to-remove-bike-lanes-so-cars-can-park-on-road/ There’s a controversial petition to have them removed Photo by: Kingsknowe Golf Club@KingsknoweGC MATT HANSEN   FEBRUARY 17, 2022 Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on Email Share on SMS Golfers who belong to the Kingsknowe Golf Club in Edinburgh, Scotland are pushing to have a cycle track removed. They have even launched a  petition  urging the city council to get rid of it. Why? So that club members can park. There’s a brand new 7 km of protected cycle track that borders the club. They were installed in 2021 as many other cities in the world also increased their cycling infrastructure. “The members of Kingsknowe Golf club (Est 1908) request that the spaces for people measures be removed with immediate effect. Prior to spaces for people being introduced our members were able to use Lanark Road as an overspill for parking during major competition days,” the
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DEAD END - NO EXIT - Orchard Heights Park

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Ongoing actions by  Orchard Heights NIMBYs  to block the 2018 approved and 2019 scheduled Orchard Heights Park Foot/Bike Bridge from being built include censoring related information posted to the OHHA Facebook Group pages and vandalizing information flyers posted in local public places like Ron Searle Park and Orchard Heights Park. DEAD END - NO EXIT Orchard Heights Park DEAD END - NO EXIT - OH PARK Bridge Flyer Vandalized by ??? Meanwhile, instead of featuring a shared pathway and bridge for Lakeview-Mississauga Walkers, Runners, Bikers and Rollers to access the beautiful Etobicoke Creek Trail connecting to Marie Curtis Park, Lake Ontario and the Waterfront Trail as part of  the CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE pedestrian/cyclist infrastructure approved in the City of Mississauga's Active Transportation Master Plan, " DEAD END - NO EXIT" Orchard Heights Park continues to be the "private" domain of anonymous Dog Walkers, Car Parkers, Picnickers, Tail
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DECEIT BY OMISSION? - OH Park Bridge Documents Raise Questions

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FOI Documents In Chronological Order Copies of email correspondence with attached documents have been received pursuant to a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request registered with the City of Mississauga in October 2022. Their content gives rise to serious questions in regard to the rationale and validity of the City’s decision to put the 2018-approved-and-funded and 2019-scheduled OH Park Foot-Bike Bridge “ on hold indefinitely and revisited in future ”. Specifically: 1.      The City of Mississauga’s January 25-February 15, 2021 Orchard Heights Park Public Engagement Survey Results , together with  Councillor Dasko’s May-June, 2021 “door knocking survey”  confirmed that a majority of respondents were in favour of the bridge. (See Sharon Chapman’s emails below) On what basis was the subsequent May-June, 2021  Orchard Heights Homeowners Association “in-house” OHP Bridge Survey (designed, conducted, analyzed and reported on by a member of the OHHA Board) warranted? On what basis w
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New Polling Data on Cycling in Ontario

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68% of Ontarians Cycling Occasionally While 3.2 Million Ontarians (22%) Are Daily Cyclists HELLO, Mayor Crombie and Councillor Dasko ??? ... What's with the inordinate delays in fulfilling the much-hyped City of Mississauga’s Pedestrian, Cycling and Active Transportation Master Plans promising CONNECTED, CONVENIENT, COMFORTABLE and SAFE Walking, Biking and Rolling infrastructure for people of all ages and walks of life in our Lakeview-Mississauga community, like the 2010-planned, 2018-approved, designed and 2019 scheduled Bridge connecting Orchard Heights Park to the Etobicoke Creek Trail ??? ... (HAMILTON – May 1, 2023) – The Share the Road Cycling Coalition (The Coalition) Ontario’s cycling advocacy and policy organization today released province-wide polling data at the opening of the 15th annual Ontario Bike Summit. The data outlines that there is a high prevalence of cycling amongst Ontarians, that the majority of Ontarians want to cycle more often, and that increased inve
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