I am disappointed by this…

I am disappointed by this initiative of the government to remove existing and limit the construction of new bike infrastructure. First off, it seems the provincial government is seeking to supplant the better positioned councils in dozens of municipalities in determining what best serves each jurisdiction's needs - one needs to stay in one's lane, if you wish. Secondly, the proposed criteria for determining which lanes stay & which go have not yet been promulgated, yet the Premier is already designating lanes in Toronto that will be removed, as if the whole consultation process is simply for show. Thirdly, the existing bike lanes are along main thoroughfares for a reason - they facilitate transit for cyclists, they improve access to shops and businesses, and rumoured alternative routes (through neighbourhoods, for example), are circuitous and dangerous (far more intersections, encounters with motorised vehicles). Bicycles are different vehicles, they need separate and specially designed facilities, as do motor cars. Fourthly, one can only rewind the clock so many times before we simply are doing nothing more than wasting funds already spent. Bike infrastructure has been gathering momentum world-wide, and in Ontario as well - my city of Ottawa is a prime example of this beginning to work quite well. I've been generally pleased with the direction our provincial government has taken over the past few years - let's not ruin it by arbitrarily, without proper research, responding to an ill-advised, knee-jerk impulse to do what sounds good instead of what is good. Thank you.