I oppose the Bill 212 - it…

I oppose the Bill 212 - it will cause more issues than it is trying to resolve, the bike lanes are necessary within the city - they help in reducing traffic, congestion and are an eco friendly way of transportation and I say this by experience - I try to use public transit as much as I can when I travel to the city and use the shared bikes to connect from one mode of transport to another. Even though I own a car, I don't want to harm the environment and cycling within the city has helped me a lot in exploring new neighbourhoods, make new friends and find new spots to eat/hang out. If not for the bike lanes, I would just be speeding away in my car and skipping all these places.

The deaths caused by vehicular collisions will increase if this bill is passed as there will be less security for cyclists on the road. The cyclists and pedestrians should be preferred on all the roads - using cars for shorter distances cause more fuel usage/wastage and cause more weariness in the cars and in some cases, it takes more time to travel by car for shorter distances or within the narrow streets of the cities.

It is my humble request to the authorities that more awareness is provided to the public and cycling should be encouraged and not discouraged by taking resources away from it.

We need to look at the statistics of cities in other countries which promoted cycling as primary mode of private transportations and without giving specific numbers, they resulted in betterment of the lives of the residents - they became more active and healthy and more social.

Many cities allow cycles to be carried in the subways/trams and trains/buses which results in people relying less on motor vehicles which would reduce the needs to highways and will reduce gridlocks and protected bike lanes will promote better flow of traffic - all of which this bill is trying to achieve.