[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":377},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article-\u002Fnews\u002Fbloor-west-bike-lanes-chow-bradford-october-8":3,"news-list":130,"article-people-\u002Fnews\u002Fbloor-west-bike-lanes-chow-bradford-october-8":357},{"id":4,"title":5,"aiMetadata":6,"author":20,"body":21,"candidates":65,"category":68,"date":69,"description":70,"extension":71,"faq":72,"image":97,"imageAlt":98,"imageCheckedAt":99,"imageCredit":100,"linkedin":101,"linkedinPostUrl":108,"meta":109,"metaDescription":108,"navigation":111,"path":112,"primarySourceUrl":113,"publishedAt":99,"seo":114,"seoTitle":108,"sourceId":115,"sourceIsPaywalled":116,"sources":117,"stem":123,"storyType":124,"tags":125,"topicKey":128,"updated":108,"__hash__":129},"news\u002Fnews\u002Fbloor-west-bike-lanes-chow-bradford-october-8.md","Province to remove Bloor West bike lanes Tuesday, Chow and Bradford respond",{"summary":7,"keyTopics":8,"semanticKeywords":14},"Ontario announced removal of Bloor Street West bike lanes in Etobicoke starting October 13. Mayor Olivia Chow called the move outrageous and linked it to Brad Bradford, who previously backed removing that stretch. Bradford defended his position citing low cycling numbers on that specific segment.",[9,10,11,12,13],"bike lanes","Bloor Street West","Etobicoke","transit policy","provincial-municipal relations",[15,16,17,18,19],"Toronto bike lanes 2026","Bloor West Etobicoke cycling","Ford government bike lane removal","Olivia Chow Bradford transit","Toronto election transit policy","voche.me editors",{"type":22,"value":23,"toc":61},"minimark",[24,28,42,45,48,51,54],[25,26,27],"p",{},"Ontario's transportation ministry told CityNews Toronto on October 8 that work to remove the protected bike lanes on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke will begin Tuesday, October 13. The announcement drew sharp reactions from both Toronto mayoral candidates.",[25,29,30,31,36,37,41],{},"Mayor ",[32,33,35],"a",{"href":34},"\u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Folivia-chow","Olivia Chow"," called the move outrageous. She said she found out about the construction start date on Thursday afternoon, after a debate with ",[32,38,40],{"href":39},"\u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fcandidates\u002Fbrad-bradford","Brad Bradford",". \"I just learned that Premier Doug Ford is taking out our bike lanes, it is outrageous, he's overstepping,\" Chow told CityNews.",[25,43,44],{},"Chow said she had been preparing drawings for a plan that would have kept both bike lanes and car lanes on that stretch of Bloor West. She said Bradford's repeated public support for the removal ended that possibility. \"We had Coun. Bradford inviting (Ford) in to say 'come and take it away,'\" she said. \"That is trampling on local democracy, the right of Torontonians through their municipal government to have a say over the municipal affairs of the city.\"",[25,46,47],{},"Bradford said he supports removing that specific Etobicoke segment and cited traffic numbers from the debate. \"Part of Bloor from Resurrection Road to South Kingsway, where you have 38,490 cars per day, and 197 bikes,\" he said. He added that he does not oppose bike lanes on other streets. \"There's a lot of bike lanes that have a lot more usage, Richmond, Adelaide, University even, Danforth out in the east end.\"",[25,49,50],{},"Bradford acknowledged he had previously voted the wrong way. He was one of 21 city councillors who voted in 2023 to add the lanes on that stretch. In August 2026, he said local business owners had suffered and were suing the city over the lanes, and called the vote a mistake.",[25,52,53],{},"The province announced in September 2026 that it planned to restore motor-vehicle lanes on several Toronto corridors, starting with Bloor Street West. Yonge Street, University Avenue, Queen's Park and related streets are also listed, though Ontario has given no start dates for those sites.",[25,55,56,57,60],{},"Voting day for the Toronto municipal election is October 26, 2026. Advance voting is open from October 6 to 11. To see what both mayoral candidates have said on transit and other issues, visit the candidate pages at ",[32,58,59],{"href":59},"\u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fcandidates#mayor",".",{"title":62,"searchDepth":63,"depth":63,"links":64},"",2,[],[66,67],"olivia-chow","brad-bradford","Election news","2026-10-08","The Ford government said work on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke will begin October 13. The two Toronto mayoral candidates disagree sharply on the move.","md",[73,76,79,82,85,88,91,94],{"question":74,"answer":75},"When will the Bloor Street West bike lanes be removed?","Ontario's transportation ministry told CityNews Toronto that work will begin on Tuesday, October 13, 2026. The removal covers a stretch of Bloor Street West in Etobicoke. The province had earlier announced the plan in September 2026, saying it would also eventually remove bike lanes on Yonge Street, University Avenue, Queen's Park, Queen's Park Crescent and Avenue Road, though no dates have been given for those corridors.",{"question":77,"answer":78},"What did Olivia Chow say about the bike lane removal?","Mayor Olivia Chow called the provincial move outrageous, saying she learned about the construction start date on Thursday, October 8, after a debate with Brad Bradford. She told CityNews: 'I just learned that Premier Doug Ford is taking out our bike lanes, it is outrageous, he's overstepping.' She also said she had been working on a plan that would keep both bike lanes and car lanes on that stretch.",{"question":80,"answer":81},"What did Brad Bradford say about the removal?","Bradford said he supports removing that specific Etobicoke stretch, citing usage numbers he stated in the debate: 38,490 cars per day and 197 bikes. He acknowledged in August 2026 he had previously voted for the lanes, saying he 'got this one wrong.' At the same time he said he does not support removing other Toronto bike lanes, mentioning Richmond, Adelaide, University and Danforth as examples of well-used routes.",{"question":83,"answer":84},"Did Bradford ever vote for the Bloor West bike lanes?","Yes. Bradford was one of 21 city councillors who voted in 2023 to add the bike lanes on that stretch of Bloor Street West. He later changed his position. In August 2026, he said the local business owners have suffered because of the lanes and are suing the city, and he said he was wrong to support them. He repeated that position at the debate on October 8.",{"question":86,"answer":87},"What was Chow's plan for the bike lanes?","Chow told CityNews that she had been working on drawings for a solution that would keep bike lanes while also restoring car lanes on the Bloor West stretch. She said Bradford's public support for removal made that impossible. She criticised Bradford for, in her words, inviting the province in to take the lanes away, saying it trampled on Toronto's right to control its own municipal affairs.",{"question":89,"answer":90},"What other streets will have bike lanes removed by the province?","Ontario's September 2026 announcement listed Bloor Street West as the first site. It also said it would restore motor-vehicle lanes on Yonge Street, University Avenue, Queen's Park, Queen's Park Crescent and Avenue Road. CityNews Toronto reported no start dates have been given for those corridors as of October 8.",{"question":92,"answer":93},"How does this issue affect how I vote on October 26?","Transit and cycling infrastructure is one of the clearest policy differences between the two leading mayoral candidates. Chow opposes the removal and says she would protect bike lanes. Bradford supports removing lanes where he says cycling usage does not justify them. Voters in Etobicoke and across Toronto who use or care about cycling infrastructure can see distinct positions from both candidates. Toronto municipal election voting day is October 26, 2026. Advance voting runs October 6 to 11.",{"question":95,"answer":96},"Where can I find out more about the Toronto mayoral candidates' positions?","Candidate pages on this site list sourced positions for each mayoral candidate. Visit the Toronto 2026 candidates page at \u002Fon\u002Ftoronto-2026\u002Fcandidates#mayor for the full list of people running for mayor, including Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford.","https:\u002F\u002Ftoronto.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F10\u002F2026\u002F09\u002F1dd229611bd114be1c55ff2f546d35408e28b1bf9750c6c062d7fb301f6b1eff-edited.jpg","Cyclists riding on the designated Bloor Street bike lanes in Toronto","2026-10-08T19:27:00-04:00","Nathan Denette \u002F The Canadian Press via CityNews Toronto",{"short":102,"long":103,"hashtags":104},"Ontario says it will remove bike lanes on Bloor Street West in Etobicoke starting October 13. Toronto's two mayoral candidates have opposite views on the decision.","Ontario announced Tuesday, October 13 as the start date for removing protected bike lanes on a stretch of Bloor Street West in Etobicoke. Mayor Olivia Chow called it outrageous. Brad Bradford, who previously backed removal of that specific segment, cited usage numbers: 38,490 cars per day versus 197 bikes. 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Nunziata said her campaign is unchanged.","2026-10-09T22:45:00-04:00",[138,150],"Ward 5 York South-Weston","https:\u002F\u002Fbloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\u002Fthestar.com\u002Fcontent\u002Ftncms\u002Fassets\u002Fv3\u002Feditorial\u002Ff\u002F6e\u002Ff6ecd59b-6064-5010-891c-c79a51288ae3\u002F6ac8f979d50a5.image.jpg?crop=1763%2C926%2C0%2C124&resize=1200%2C630&order=crop%2Cresize","Frances Nunziata, Ward 5 York South-Weston councillor candidate, during the 2026 Toronto election campaign","Toronto Star",{"path":155,"title":156,"description":157,"date":135,"publishedAt":158,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":159,"image":161,"imageAlt":162,"imageCredit":163,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmainstreet-research-poll-chow-bradford-october-9","New poll puts Olivia Chow 2.5 points ahead of Brad Bradford with three weeks left","A Mainstreet Research poll released 9 October puts Chow at 40.8 per cent and Bradford at 38.3 per cent, with the gap within the margin of error.","2026-10-09T13:35:00-04:00",[126,160],"poll","https:\u002F\u002Fi.cbc.ca\u002Fais\u002F6db6a085-dd3e-4a38-a696-fcdfecf08b7f,1791563272522\u002Ffull\u002Fmax\u002F0\u002Fdefault.jpg?im=Crop%2Crect%3D%280%2C0%2C2000%2C1125%29%3B","Composite image of Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford, Toronto's two leading mayoral candidates","CBC",{"path":165,"title":166,"description":167,"date":135,"publishedAt":168,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":169,"image":172,"imageAlt":173,"imageCredit":174,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fmaria-voutsinas-ward-14-candidacy-october-8","Maria Voutsinas runs for Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth on affordability and neighbourhood safety","Candidate Maria Voutsinas told Frequency News she is drawing on more than two decades of advocacy work and neighbourhood roots as she campaigns for the open seat in Toronto-Danforth.","2026-10-09T13:50:00-04:00",[138,170,171,127],"Ward 14 Toronto-Danforth","housing","https:\u002F\u002Ffrequencynews-wpoffloadmedia.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F08100156\u002FmariaVoutsinas-0002-scaled.jpg","Maria Voutsinas with friends at SugarKane Restaurant in Danforth","Frequency News",{"path":112,"title":5,"description":70,"date":69,"publishedAt":99,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":176,"image":97,"imageAlt":98,"imageCredit":100,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},[126,127,9],{"path":178,"title":179,"description":180,"date":69,"publishedAt":181,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":182,"image":184,"imageAlt":185,"imageCredit":186,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbrad-bradford-drops-event-host-islam-comments-october-7","Bradford campaign drops North York event co-host over anti-Islam posts","Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford removed real estate developer Avi Glina as a co-host of a campaign rally after the National Council of Canadian Muslims raised concerns about his social media posts.","2026-10-08T22:23:00-04:00",[126,183],"campaign","https:\u002F\u002Fbloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com\u002Fthestar.com\u002Fcontent\u002Ftncms\u002Fassets\u002Fv3\u002Feditorial\u002F6\u002F6e\u002F66ee3b20-c03e-5f5e-9b08-7c6a62b8d600\u002F6ac6dd03308f8.image.jpg?crop=1488%2C1117%2C1%2C15&resize=990%2C743&order=crop%2Cresize","Brad Bradford speaking at the Daily Bread Food Bank mayor's debate in September 2026","Nick Lachance \u002F Toronto Star",{"path":188,"title":189,"description":190,"date":69,"publishedAt":191,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":192,"image":196,"imageAlt":197,"imageCredit":198,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbradford-chow-data-centres-october-8","Bradford says Toronto should welcome AI data centres; Chow has paused new approvals","The two leading Toronto mayoral candidates laid out opposite positions on AI data centres at a Scarborough debate on October 7, 2026.","2026-10-08T16:27:00-04:00",[193,194,195],"mayor","housing and infrastructure","AI data centres","https:\u002F\u002Fnowtoronto.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FBrad-Bradford-Olivia-Chow.webp","Brad Bradford and Olivia Chow at a Toronto mayoral debate","NOW Toronto",{"path":200,"title":201,"description":202,"date":69,"publishedAt":203,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":204,"image":206,"imageAlt":207,"imageCredit":198,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fnanos-research-poll-voter-issues-october-8","Nanos poll: Toronto voters say traffic congestion is the biggest problem in the city","A Nanos Research poll conducted September 30 to October 4, 2026, found that 26% of Toronto voters name traffic as the single biggest quality-of-life problem in the city. Housing costs came second at 18%, followed by public safety at 16%.","2026-10-08T09:45:00-04:00",[126,160,171,127,205],"public safety","https:\u002F\u002Fimg.nowtoronto.com\u002Fspio\u002Fret_img+q_cdnize+to_webp+s_webp\u002Fnowtoronto.com\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002FOlivia-Chow-Brad-Bradford-1.webp","Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford, the two leading Toronto mayoral candidates",{"path":209,"title":210,"description":211,"date":69,"publishedAt":212,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":213,"image":214,"imageAlt":215,"imageCredit":108,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Folivia-chow-10000-rental-homes-october-8","Olivia Chow pledges to start construction on 10,000 rental homes in 2027","Mayor Olivia Chow says she will begin construction on 10,000 new rental homes in 2027 if re-elected, building on 60 housing projects already under way.","2026-10-08T13:25:00-04:00",[193,171],"\u002Fimages\u002Fnews\u002Ffallback-2.webp","Toronto city hall building",{"path":217,"title":218,"description":219,"date":69,"publishedAt":220,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":221,"image":224,"imageAlt":225,"imageCredit":226,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fparthi-kandavel-opp-investigation-october-8","Ward 20 incumbent Parthi Kandavel is under OPP investigation for alleged bribe solicitation","The OPP's anti-rackets branch confirmed it is investigating incumbent city councillor Parthi Kandavel over alleged dealings with developers. No charges have been filed. Kandavel says there was no wrongdoing.","2026-10-08T09:30:00-04:00",[138,222,223],"Ward 20 Scarborough Southwest","OPP investigation","https:\u002F\u002Fthelocal.to\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F2026-09_TheLocal_ScarboroughSouthWest_499_webres.jpg","Scarborough Southwest ward street scene during the 2026 election campaign","The Local",{"path":228,"title":229,"description":230,"date":69,"publishedAt":231,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":232,"image":234,"imageAlt":235,"imageCredit":236,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fttc-union-accused-paying-workers-chow-campaign-october-8","Advocacy group accuses transit union of paying TTC workers to canvass for Chow","Canadian Women Against Antisemitism filed a complaint saying ATU Local 113 used a lost-time system to pay TTC employees to campaign for Olivia Chow. The union says its actions are compliant. Chow's campaign did not respond.","2026-10-09T22:55:00-04:00",[126,233],"campaign finance","https:\u002F\u002Fmedia.zenfs.com\u002Fen\u002Ftoronto_sun_articles_263\u002F1503b99d82917ab520cd6a06f4849ffa.jpg","Toronto transit bus during the 2026 Toronto municipal election campaign","Toronto Sun",{"path":238,"title":239,"description":240,"date":69,"publishedAt":241,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":242,"image":245,"imageAlt":246,"imageCredit":247,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fward-19-beaches-east-york-forum-october-5","Ten of 13 Ward 19 Beaches-East York candidates met residents on October 5","Beach Metro Community News and the Balmy Beach Residents Association held a candidates' meet-and-greet for Ward 19 on October 5. Ten of the 13 councillor candidates attended. Residents raised flooding, housing, and transit as top concerns.","2026-10-08T10:00:00-04:00",[138,243,244],"Ward 19 Beaches-East York","forum","https:\u002F\u002Fd28bcn7yu97icd.cloudfront.net\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F07142312\u002Fweb-BEYCandidates-meeting-1005.jpg","Ward 19 Beaches-East York councillor candidates at the October 5 meet-and-greet","Jessica Shackleton \u002F Beach Metro Community News",{"path":249,"title":250,"description":251,"date":252,"publishedAt":253,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":254,"image":256,"imageAlt":257,"imageCredit":258,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fbrad-bradford-scarborough-bus-lanes-october-7","Brad Bradford says he will remove 12 km of Scarborough bus lanes","Mayoral candidate Brad Bradford announced on October 7 that he would remove priority bus lanes on four Scarborough roads and convert two of them to HOV lanes, while keeping the Eglinton Avenue East corridor.","2026-10-07","2026-10-07T16:32:00-04:00",[126,127,40,255],"Scarborough","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.ctvnews.ca\u002Fresizer\u002Fv2\u002FVBDJARFAIBHYTD6P6QZDYP6HEE.jpeg?smart=true&auth=8e7b327129e4452b90a3510cb3c34de07ff12396112a5ce01bf2149d4d8ed907&width=1200&height=630","Brad Bradford speaks to reporters on Wednesday October 7, 2026","CP24",{"path":260,"title":261,"description":262,"date":252,"publishedAt":263,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":264,"image":266,"imageAlt":267,"imageCredit":110,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fchow-bradford-scarborough-debate-october-7","Chow and Bradford clash on transit, budget and safety at Scarborough debate","Mayoral candidates Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford debated transit, the city budget and public safety in Scarborough on October 7, 2026.","2026-10-07T19:26:00-04:00",[126,127,265,205],"budget","https:\u002F\u002Ftoronto.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F10\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F07\u002Fscarborough-debate.jpg","Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford at the Scarborough mayoral debate on October 7, 2026",{"path":269,"title":270,"description":271,"date":252,"publishedAt":272,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":273,"image":274,"imageAlt":275,"imageCredit":276,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fforum-research-poll-chow-bradford-october-6","Forum Research poll puts Chow ahead of Bradford by 4 points after Alexander exits","A Forum Research telephone survey of 1,604 Toronto residents conducted on October 6 shows Olivia Chow at 46 percent and Brad Bradford at 42 percent among decided and leaning voters.","2026-10-07T16:23:00-04:00",[126,160,35,40],"https:\u002F\u002Ftoronto.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F10\u002F2026\u002F10\u002F06\u002FTORONTO.jpg","Toronto 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Toronto endorses Brad Bradford for mayor","A civic group calling itself A Better City Toronto announced on October 5 that it endorses Brad Bradford for Toronto mayor, citing housing and transit as key issues.","2026-10-06","2026-10-06T01:22:00-04:00",[193,295,183],"endorsement","https:\u002F\u002Fsmartcdn.gprod.postmedia.digital\u002Ftorontosun\u002Fwp-content\u002Fuploads\u002F2026\u002F09\u002FBradford-2-e1790703939641.jpg?quality=100&strip=all","Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford","Ernest Doroszuk \u002F Toronto Sun",{"path":300,"title":301,"description":302,"date":292,"publishedAt":303,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":304,"image":306,"imageAlt":307,"imageCredit":110,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Fchow-bradford-united-way-debate-october-6","Chow and Bradford clash on housing, transit and budget at United Way debate","Olivia Chow and Brad Bradford met at Toronto Metropolitan University on October 6 in the first debate since Chris Alexander dropped out of 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more federal Liberal MPs announced their support for Toronto mayoral candidate Brad Bradford since the weekend, bringing the total number of Liberal MPs backing his campaign to seven.","2026-10-05","2026-10-05T21:45:00-04:00",[193,295,183],"https:\u002F\u002Ftoronto.citynews.ca\u002Fwp-content\u002Fblogs.dir\u002Fsites\u002F10\u002F2026\u002F03\u002F04\u002Fbrad-bradford-1.jpg",{"path":334,"title":335,"description":336,"date":329,"publishedAt":337,"author":20,"category":68,"tags":338,"image":342,"imageAlt":343,"imageCredit":110,"updated":108,"linkedinPostUrl":108},"\u002Fnews\u002Folivia-chow-school-lunch-program-october-5","Olivia Chow promises to add full school lunches to Toronto's food program by 2030","Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow announced Monday she would expand the city's school food program to include a full lunch for every student if re-elected, saying the plan could save families up to $1,800 per child each year.","2026-10-05T21:55:00-04:00",[193,339,340,341],"platform","school 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