I'm extremely grateful for…

I'm extremely grateful for this legislation to come into force. As a life long resident of Toronto I am sick unto death of the corruption of vehicular travel lanes for the sake of cyclists, the majority of whom care not to abide or respect the rules of the road and and thus have been emboldened to continue in the worst kind of behaviour, that which endangers themselves and others both within and without bike lanes present.

My only regret is the the legislation does not provide for public education measures being a prerequisite for the introduction of ANY bike lane or bike rental supply program by a municipality. As it stands, there is no ability to vet users to gauge their level of competence to be on public roads as cyclists. I've witnessed too often novice cyclists literally mount a bicycle and wobble away being both a danger to themselves and others with their evident lack of skill.

I believe that has been by design and clearly stands as proof that the safety of cyclists is no concern to municipalities that crow the virtues of cycling but do absolutely nothing to ensure that is at the core of their programs or even raised in public awareness. More effort and regulation in this area is necessary if ever cycling can be made safer and pleasurable. I myself grew up a cyclist without the benefit of bike lanes and now at the age of 63, I have to wonder why this has been allowed to fester so long before this long overdue legislative move.

Lastly, may I humbly suggest that the province remain vigilant and wary of countermoves by recalcitrant municipalities meant to frustrate the intent of the legislation by perhaps imposing performance measures that ensure no tampering is being done to stall progress to better moving vehicle traffic. The sooner a complete changeover, the better.