I'm a conservative, my…

I'm a conservative, my family is conservative, what in the world does this have to do with conservative values? I bike 15km to work year round, my mother worries about me constantly, friends at my Church pray for me because they know I've been hit by cars and that trying to get around by bike and advocate for my safety is incredibly discouraging. The construction of bike lanes is a policy that values human life and gives our children safer streets so that hopefully they will be able to walk or bike to school or friends' houses, something I was never allowed to do since a kid was run over and killed a few streets from my house.

You could argue that this bill values reducing congestion over human life, however I cannot find a single real study finding that adding bike lanes increases congestion anywhere in the world. Much less that any city in Ontario, which have built very little bike infrastructure, have experienced increased congestion as a result.

You could also argue that this bill values economic growth over human life, however the studies on the economic impact of the Bloor Street bike lanes clearly show that bike lanes there increased economic activity. There's definitely an economic argument to be made that giving families the option to save 10s of thousands of dollars a year on car ownership would be good for the economy.

This policy is not backed by any evidence or intelligence, I'm not sure what values the authors of this bill have but they do not value human life, reducing congestion, or economic growth.