Toronto cyclists ask Canada's top court to weigh in on Ford's bike lane removal plan
- Toronto cyclists challenging Ontario’s bike lane removal plan will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to hear their appeal.
- Ontario said it would begin removing more bike lanes along parts of Bloor Street West.
- A lower court found that replacing 19 kilometres of bike lanes with car lanes on three roads posed an unconstitutional risk to cyclist safety.
- The Ontario Court of Appeal overturned that ruling, saying the trial judge had improperly entered policy-making and political issues.
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Cycle Toronto and its co-applicants have filed to seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada over Ontario's plans to rip out 19 kilometres of bike lanes on three major arterial roads.
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Toronto cyclists ask Canada's top court to weigh in on Ford's bike lane removal plan
TORONTO - Cyclists challenging Ontario's plan to remove major Toronto bike lanes are asking Canada's top court to hear their appeal.
Bike lane advocates to challenge Ford government’s removal plans at Supreme Court
Cycling advocates are looking to escalate the legal battle over bike lanes on three major Toronto streets, asking the Supreme Court of Canada to take on the Ford government’s years-long effort to tear them out. In a mid-August ruling, the Ontario Court of Appeal overturned a lower court’s decision that removing bike lanes violated the Canadian Charter, allowing the government to proceed with its plan. The decision reactivated a policy that the F…
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