This bill is misguided and…

This bill is misguided and will not have the outcome that the premier is hoping for. The only way to reduce traffic congestion is to give people alternative options to get around. That means adding more bike lanes, not taking away the few that we have. The expansion in bike lanes in the city since 2016 has directly correlated with a sharp increase in bicycle use. This bill will undo all of that progress and limit further progress, pushing people back towards car travel. It will also greatly increase the risk of cycling within the city, and will result in more accidents and preventable deaths due to traffic collisions between cars and cyclists. This bill fails to understand even the most basic tenets of transportation planning, which is that adding lanes to roads just causes more congestion due to induced demand. I strongly reject this bill and hope that the premier will reconsider. Only investments in transit and active transportation will make our roads less congested.