I oppose this bill as the…

I oppose this bill as the policies related to bike lanes are not logical. There are issues with jurisdiction and overreach, the waste of resources to implement this bill (for the province and municipalities), the false statements related to how to combat congestion, the negative impact on efforts around road safety improvements, etc. As a Professional Engineer and Registered Professional Planner with over 20 years experience working in the private sector on infrastructure in the province, I prepared a written submission for the Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy. The focus for my submission was on municipal process. The main points included: (1) At what point in a city’s planning process would it be known that a travel lane would need to be removed as a result of adding a bike lane? When would a call be made to the Minister of Transportation? (2) The proposed legislation in Bill 212 will slow down all types of roadway improvement projects in Ontario (in communities of all sizes), regardless of whether a bike lane is proposed or not. (3) Why do vehicle lanes on your roadways ever get removed? And why can it be a good thing that people are asking for? (4) What analysis is used in the transportation engineering/planning profession to demonstrate no impact on vehicle traffic?