{"id":8557,"date":"2016-05-12T16:29:04","date_gmt":"2016-05-12T20:29:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/?p=8557"},"modified":"2020-01-16T09:09:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-16T14:09:18","slug":"media-release-angus-reid-forum-poll-shows-that-torontonians-want-a-safe-cycling-network-built-as-soon-as-possible-and-are-willing-to-pay-for-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/media-release-angus-reid-forum-poll-shows-that-torontonians-want-a-safe-cycling-network-built-as-soon-as-possible-and-are-willing-to-pay-for-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Release: Angus Reid Forum poll shows that Torontonians want a safe cycling network built as soon as possible and are willing to pay for it."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release<br \/>\nThursday, May 12, 2016<\/p>\n<p>An Angus Reid Forum poll shows that <strong>86%<\/strong> of Torontonians support a safe cycling network with <strong>67%<\/strong> of Torontonians wanting the network built in less than 9 years.<\/p>\n<p>The poll, commissioned by Evergreen in partnership with Cycle Toronto, The Centre for Active Transportation, and the Metcalf Foundation, shows that Torontonians from across the city strongly support a safe cycling network and they want it built as soon as possible.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Findings:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Torontonians support a comprehensive interconnected and safe cycling network.<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>86%<\/strong> of Torontonians support a safe cycling network<\/li>\n<li>Support for a safe cycling network is strong across the entire city &#8211; East York (<strong>84%<\/strong>); Etobicoke (<strong>79%<\/strong>); North York (<strong>84%<\/strong>); Scarborough (<strong>88%<\/strong>);\u00a0Old\u00a0Toronto (<strong>88%<\/strong>); and\u00a0York (<strong>85%<\/strong>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>81%<\/strong> of non-cyclists support a safe cycling network in Toronto<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Torontonians want the network built as soon as possible, supporting an accelerated investment to get the job completed in less than 9 years. <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>67%<\/strong> of Torontonians want an investment of <strong>8% per year or more <\/strong>of the City\u2019s transportation budget to build a safe cycling network in less than 9 years. The current budget allocates 2.4% per year, which is insufficient to build the cycling network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Torontonians see investment in a safe cycling network as one of many smart investments to get Toronto moving<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>76%<\/strong> of Torontonians agree that a safe cycling network is an important way to get Toronto Moving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A summary of poll results can be accessed here.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Immediate Release Thursday, May 12, 2016 An Angus Reid Forum poll shows that 86%&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":8577,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8557"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20742,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8557\/revisions\/20742"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tcat.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}