The provincial PC government announced last week that no new bike lanes could be built without its approval, if building them took a lane away from motor vehicles.
Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria complained of an "explosion of bike lanes" on major streets, saying that they could be put on side streets instead. (This is easier said than done in some cases.)
About two-thirds of readers in an online poll last week said that this was the right decision.
Village Media's readers outside Toronto reflect the company's distribution of sites, which include communities in Halton and York Region, Niagara, the Barrie area and major cities in northern Ontario.
Men were more likely to support the decision, and there is a modest but visible connection to age:
Given the partisan cue in the question, it's not surprising that there is a strong partisan division. (I'd be quite curious to know what the results would have been if we asked the same question last week.)
The 50/50 split among Greens is surprising, however.
There is no very discernible relationship to income:
There is a strong relationship to previous questions related to the environment:
There is a strong division based on issues that attract partisan clustering on both sides: gun control and the Emergencies Act:
And cat people are somewhat more likely to favour new bike lanes than dog people.