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I shop & take very disabled family members to appointments on Bathurst. With no ability to stop or park, those activities become impossible or very fraught. As well, Bathurst is fundamentally a (house) residential street - not Yonge, not a suburban arterial. Residents need to be able to stop & park, to carry out daily living. Delivery vans need to deliver to homes & businesses. Ambulances & fire trucks need to be able to stop. But you at the city know all this. Please listen to residents not activists, and do not do this.
Barnaby a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstMy children attend a school just off Bathurst in Cedarvale. If this plan goes ahead it will increase traffic and negatively impact safety around their school, and make it harder for busy parents to drop kids off at school.
Kimberly a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstI like to shop local. Shops such as Summerhill Market permit me to do this rather than going to big box stores. It keeps the local community thriving. The community intact would like to encourage many more stores to come to this area and banning parking and access to delivery trucks would destroy our community. If we want Canada to be strong and be independent we need to encourage stores and not turn them away. Please do the right thing on behalf of our community. There are far bigger issues to tackle than this.
Joanne a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstAs a local resident with accessibility-related needs and/or restrictions, the decision to remove all road access along Bathurst street would only segregate and further limit people’s ability to safely navigate the City of Toronto. I live adjacent to Bathurst street, where parking is both coveted and extremely limited - without on-street parking along Bathurst, I worry that local resident’s will become displaced and that the City will also fail to accommodate the accessibility needs of the community (which would make this a human rights issue!). From a legal standpoint, the City of Toronto is bound to their “duty to accommodate” and to reduce physical and social barriers to equal access; from what I’ve seen and read online, their plan to eradicate road access within a densely populated neighborhood in Toronto not only falls short of social equity and inclusion, but also neglects their collective responsibility. These types of decisions often have a ripple effect that can lead to life-changing consequences for the people affected by them most, which is why they need to be more holistic and person-centred. It’s 2025 - we should be doing more!
Shannon a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstThis is not just about a bus lane. It’s about a line being drawn — across our community, our values, and our future.
Bathurst is one of Toronto’s most human streets. It’s where small businesses still remember your name. It’s where a neighbour will help carry your groceries, and where a walk down the block still feels like coming home. It’s where parents park to pick up medicine, where elders arrive for appointments, and where generations have built something steady and beautiful — in a world that’s anything but.
If the RapidTO project moves forward as proposed, much of this will be lost. Not slowly. Not gradually. But all at once.
We’ve seen it before. St. Clair. Eglinton. Promises of progress that paved over people. What’s left behind is a hollowed-out version of what once was — boarded windows, businesses gone, and families forced to give up what they spent years building.
What makes it worse is how avoidable it all is. This isn’t a matter of refusing change — it’s a demand for smart, humane, inclusive progress.
Why must street parking be stripped 24/7 when buses don’t run 24/7? Why not consult the businesses that will be hardest hit? Why ignore the elderly, the disabled, and the caregivers who depend on curbside access?
When side streets are too narrow, sidewalks too icy, and Green P lots too far, what will happen to those who simply can’t make the walk?
What do we say to the owner of Kos Cafe, or the team at the Lighthouse Food Bank, when customers and donations stop coming because no one can park nearby?
Bathurst isn’t “in the way.” Bathurst is the way — for families, for workers, for newcomers, for long-timers, for all of us who believe that cities should serve people, not just plans.
We ask the City: listen before you act. Walk these blocks. Sit in these shops. Feel the pulse of this place. You’ll see it clearly — the life here is worth preserving.
Don’t let Bathurst become another cautionary tale. Let it be a line in the snow where this city chooses community over convenience. Humanity over haste.
Let it be the place where Toronto finally got it right.
Luis a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstWe buy our groceries weekly at Summerhill market. Many of the products we love are unique to Summerhill. If it is forced to close its doors due to these changes it will be an irreplaceable loss for us.
Ron a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstEglington and the LRT project is an prime example of what happens when the City doesn't take the proper steps and discuss with the community of its future plans. The success of small businesses is a reflection of a successful city - do the right thing City of Toronto, and consult with the people this will impact directly.
Michael a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstBathurst between Bloor and Dupont is an important area for small businesses. Improving transit is important, but this needs to be a win for folks who shop in this neighbourhood and those who run independent businesses. Make sure, if anything, that this is used to enhance, not squeeze out, the shops on Bathurst south of Dupont that bring life and livelihood to the area.
Wayne a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstIt’s hard enough to find parking in the area for any kind of business, I can only imagine what the residents have to deal with. It’s unnecessary to plow through the neighborhood like that. Make a better plan and listen to the locals that have to deal with it everyday
Patricia a soutenu : Oppose RapidTO Project on BathurstRemoving a much-needed, currently mixed-use, lane for transit that runs every 10-20 minutes doesn't make sense. We all need to share the streets. The logic of the planning team that people needing to access businesses and homes along Bathurst should be able to walk 5-10 minutes to a supposedly nearby green P parking lot (with or without their groceries, small children etc in tow) is an ableist and ageist position. There are many people along Bathurst who can't walk that far. Saying they should be able to do so is not the call of the people on the planning team, and negates the very real needs of those with limited mobility. I also echo the points made by those who say there isn't enough side street parking available now. What makes much more practical sense is to make that side lane a time of day priority lane for transit etc. We all understand the needs during rush hour. But to torture us 24/7 with this untenable plan, purely for two months of FIFA one year from now, is illogical and impractical. I sincerely hope the City reconsiders this ill-advised plan. Thank you.
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