• ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
    2·
    22 days ago

    The more local the decision more weight should be given to local voices.

    For example; Toronto wants to put bike lanes out in the suburbs. Downtown councillors should but the fuck out. Bike lanes in the suburbs had a marginal effect AT BEST to the people who live downtown.

    • phutatorius@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      21 days ago

      The more local the decision more weight should be given to local voices.

      Then how can those with big money influence policy?

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      20 days ago

      Bike lanes are necessary infrastructure. Cities should not be able to say, “We’re not going to service vulnerable road users, they can die in the streets,” or, “No safe injection sites in our city,” just because that’s what the local residents believe. And neither should the province. There absolutely should be limits to authority imposed on local representation from higher levels of government.