April 22, 2025, 1:22 pm
A judicial decision has temporarily halted the Ontario government’s plan to remove key bike lanes along Bloor, University, and Yonge streets. The order, issued amid a Charter challenge by cycling advocates, leaves the city’s urban mobility plans in an uncertain, albeit reflective, pause.
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Premier Doug Ford’s government has been ordered to keep its hands off three major Toronto bike lanes until a judge can decide whether a plan to remove them is unconstitutional. The injunction handed down Tuesday was heralded as a win by the cyclist group challenging Ontario’s bid to rip up the...
An Ontario judge paused the Ford government’s plan to rip out three of Toronto’s major protected bike lanes, handing cycling advocates a symbolic victory.
Le gouvernement du premier ministre Doug Ford a reçu l’ordre de ne pas toucher aux trois principales pistes cyclables de Toronto jusqu’à ce que le juge statue sur l’inconstitutionnalité du projet visant à les supprimer.
A judge has ordered the Ford government to suspend any imminent bike lane removal plans until he has decided if their removal violates the Charter rights of cyclists in Toronto.
Injunction prevents Ontario from ripping up Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes until resolution of Charter challenge
The Ontario government’s bid to remove three major Toronto bike lanes has been put on pause after a temporary injunction has been granted by Justice Paul Schabas. The Ford government can’t remove bike lanes on Bloor, University and Yonge streets until Schabas renders his decision on a...
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