Win is significant for region’s premier, Doug Ford, who blames protected zones as cause of city’s traffic ills
The Ontario government is now free to rip out Toronto’s bike lanes on its busiest streets after the region’s top court ruled in favour of the province on Friday, overturning a lower court’s decision that decreed removing the lanes would violate constitutional rights.
The win is significant for Ontario’s premier, Doug Ford, and his government, who have long railed against Toronto’s bike lanes, blaming the protected zones as the cause of the city’s traffic ills.
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This article was originally published by The Guardian and written by Olivia Bowden.
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