I have been struck by a…

I have been struck by a parked car opening its doors without looking while trying to bike along City roadways. I have had my bike tire stuck in road transit infrastructure, nearly causing me to fall and sustain injury on City roadways. I have fallen off my bike due to poor road infrastructure conditions while pregnant, which could have lead to serious injury. I have seen other people seriously injured while biking on City streets; I have been at a scene of a serious bike collision with a car leading to death; I have seen and experienced first hand, how dangerous roadway sharing is for bikes and cars.
I am asking the government to stop Bill 60 in the honour of those who have died, been injured and been scared by cars while biking.

As an engineer, I am critically aware how limited City boulevard space is and how impossible it would be to solely install a biking network outside of the road infrastructure. Bill 60 would not only undermine years of work and public monies spent on research, design, and construction on the current biking infrastructure, it would delay by years the installation of new biking infrastructure. This creates unsafe spaces not only for cyclists, but also for pedestrians now needing to share boulevard space with bikes. Bill 60 is threatening other uses of road space that communities CRITICALLY rely on including transit priority, safe crossings, patios, curbside access, and school streets.

At a time when summer weather continues into November, Canadian cities are on fire and full of smoke, where 100 year storm rainfalls are becoming annual events - this is a critical time for our government to act in support of climate initiatives and not against. We are impeding the future of not only our own lives, but that of our children. Bill 60 undermines climate goals and public health by locking cities into car-dependent street designs.

Bill 60 is anti-democracy, stripping Cities of local authority and decision-making. This is line with the over-reach seen in the United States where government loses sight of social values, even when supported by evidence and specialists in the field.

I am a resident of Ontario. I am an expert in City street design and construction. I am a user of City infrastructure. I am both a cyclist and a car-owner. I am a parent . I am against Bill 60. Please support what the residents want and need.