Doug Ford needs to stop…

Doug Ford needs to stop wasting taxpayer money on his personal vendetta against cycling. He sounds like he needs to take a vacation in the Netherlands or Belgium.

Cycling is a healthy form of transportation both for the body, mind, and the environment. It also needs to be safe. Bike lanes help keep cyclists safe. Cars are fast, heavy, and capable of killing cyclists if road errors occur. When there is separation between these different modes of transport, it is safer for everyone. Car drivers are less likely to end up with a “dangerous driving causing death” or a “criminal negligence causing death” or an “impaired operation causing death” charge ending with a criminal record, jail time, and a loss of driving privileges.

Cyclists (and pedestrians who also benefit from the added separation) are less likely to be killed.

As a cyclist, I feel safer when there are bike lanes. I feel empowered to choose this method of transport when the path to my destination is safe. I cycle regardless of whether there are bike lanes or not, and so will many many other cyclists. When cyclists are mingling with car traffic, that slows traffic! Traffic is reduced by improving public transit. Doug ford should take public transit and work on improving that rather than imposing his old fashioned 1900s car-centric mentality on an evolving society.

Evidence shows that bike lanes make roads safer for everyone and improve business and property values through the bike-ability and walkability indexes.

Doug ford needs to stop trying to grab power and sabotage our ability to get to work, school, and around the city safely.

This bill cannot be allowed as-is.

It strips cities of local authority and decision-making, even when projects are supported by evidence and local residents.

It will worsen traffic congestion, not reduce it. The government’s ownexperts have consistently said that bike lanes are not a cause of gridlock.

It will make roads more dangerous. Protected bike lanes prevent serious injuries and deaths for people biking, walking, and driving.
It threatens other uses of road space that communities rely on, including transit priority, safe crossings, patios, curbside access, and school streets.

It undermines climate goals and public health by locking cities into car-dependent street designs.