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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Olivia Bowden

Ontario free to axe Toronto bike lanes, region’s top court rules

A cyclist in a bike lane protected from the cars by bollards
A bike lane in downtown Toronto. It’s been estimated that ripping up the lanes would cost taxpayers C$48m. Photograph: Andrew Francis Wallace/Toronto Star/Getty Images

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 removal 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 for the city’s traffic ills.

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