Bike lane

like bike lanes, like I'm supposed to hate all that 'cause I'm a white male on the radio? I don't.

Bike lanes don't bother me, even though I don't use them, and they get in the way for me, too.

But, uh, I feel what bike lanes is, we need fewer cars, so ultimately more people have gotta be on bikes or scooters or crap like that.

And the more people you have on bikes or scooters or crap like that, the fewer cars that are on the road, and that's that.

And that's not even to save the planet, it's just to...

We're choked off with traffic, right? So you wanna have fewer cars and more bikes.

Seems like a reasonable thought to me, so it doesn't bother me.

I know I'm supposed to get all hot and bothered by bike lanes, I'm just not.

And for some communities, those options are about to get even trickier.

Via Rail announced earlier this month that it's making service cuts between Toronto and Ottawa, and eliminating stops at one GTA station.

Will that actually make the system better, or will some communities just have fewer options? And then there's Ontario's capital city, where the TTC is facing financial pressures, and the province announced this month it will begin tearing out bike lanes on some city streets.

So whether you're traveling across the province or just trying to get across the city, how easy is it to leave the car at home? I'm Jay Anjaghanavan, welcome to The Rundown.

Okay, let's start with those Via Rail changes.

in terms

of...

We've got bike lanes, you know, we earlier brought up about how many people are actually using bike lanes.

So seeing any group that's excited for either candidate just gives me pause.

Your characterization of bike lanes is not atypical of a lot of people, probably majority agree.

And I'm, I'm kind of on the fence on, on bike lanes.

Cause you like the spandex.

I mean, a butt looks good in a spandex, but there's

Yeah, me

too.

Bike lanes, I think there's this idea in the expansion of highways when you, oh, we just need to add another lane, that it doesn't really alleviate traffic.

Look, 2% of our road users are cyclists.

I'm very happy to say 2% of our capital budget will go to bike lanes and no more.

No matter how you get around, I think you should have that option to be able to do so safely.

And, you know, it seems really big government for me to say, hey, you can only drive or you can only bike or you can only take the bus or you can only walk.

We've got a lot of ground to cover.

I want to talk to you about the premier's suggestion that maybe city councils should operate like provincial cabinet.

We want to talk about what you might call provincial oversight or maybe overreach on municipal infrastructure, road planning, bike lanes.

I want to get into confidential information leaked from council chambers.

I don't understand.

The Trump administration literally called them DEI bike lanes.

I think that says everything you need to know.

There are a few people who really hate bike lanes, but most people just don't care.

Like, I think we've seen this in elections in lots of places where politicians try to make it into a big issue.

When looking into generational differences, one of the first things I came across was that younger people are delaying getting their driver's license compared to previous generations.

Welcome.

Thanks for having me.