{"id":940874,"date":"2026-10-21T04:28:20","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940874\/"},"modified":"2026-10-21T04:28:20","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T04:28:20","slug":"bike-lane-standoff-sends-construction-crews-packing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940874\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike lane standoff sends construction crews packing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A tense standoff unfolded in Etobicoke Tuesday night, as roughly 100 protesters gathered around construction equipment being used to remove the protected bike lanes along Bloor Street West.<\/p>\n<p>What started as a rally marking one week since protesters first managed to stop the removal of the bike lanes quickly escalated into a standoff between demonstrators and construction crews.<\/p>\n<p>On one side of Bloor Street West, a construction crew eventually packed up its equipment and left, but then protesters moved across the street where another crew\u2019s machinery was waiting.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation continued to unfold, the Toronto police public order unit arrived, surrounding the construction equipment as protesters remained on scene.<\/p>\n<p>The crowd continued to voice its opposition to the removal, while cycling advocates argued the protected bike lanes are critical to keeping people safe on the roads.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the province is moving ahead with its plan to remove the bike lanes and restore space for vehicle traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Supporters of the removal have argued the lanes contribute to congestion, while cycling advocates warn taking them away could put cyclists at great risk.<\/p>\n<p>Since the protest started, four people have been arrested and charged. It\u2019s unclear when crews will be able to resume work.<\/p>\n<p>\t\tKeep it Factual<\/p>\n<p>Add CityNews Toronto as a trusted source on Google to see more local stories from us.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=toronto.citynews.ca\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"add-trusted-source-badge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1792556900_960_google-trusted-badge.png\" alt=\"Add as a preferred source on Google\" width=\"198\" height=\"63\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A tense standoff unfolded in Etobicoke Tuesday night, as roughly 100 protesters gathered around construction equipment being used&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-940874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}