I oppose the proposals…

I oppose the proposals related to bike lanes in Bill 212, Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024, and stated my reasons in a previous comment.

Here I'll make some proposals that could actually reduce congestion in Ontario.

1. Congestion charge.
While it is widely considered political suicide by politicians, it actually works in the places someone was brave enough to implement it. New York hopefully shows us this again.

2. Outlaw "free delivery" of goods, in Toronto at least.
People find it too easy to order items and have them shipped individually when shipping is free, no incentive to consider batching items or picking up at a depot they might easily get to. Amazon is the biggest problem but others feel they need to offer free shipping too, and we all know we pay the costs other ways anyway. Too much traffic is these frequent small deliveries.

3. Establish delivery/drop-off depots at many major transit hubs to support item 2.

4. Enforce HOV rules and expand HOVs, and enforce them with stiff fines for abusers and patrols.