I strongly disapprove of…

I strongly disapprove of this proposal. Municipalities should be able to continue building bike lanes and infrastructure without additional provincial approval as they can now. It makes no sense to introduce additional red tape to a process that already typically takes years.

Furthermore I absolutely oppose the removal of the Bloor, University and Yonge bike lanes. These lanes are actually crucial to maintaining a functional city. I don't live in the area so only use them occasionally, but co-workers and friends of mine use the Bloor bike lanes on a daily basis. A co-worker recently praised the University bike lanes as "life changing". These lanes run alongside our subway lines, thus acting as key last-mile connectors, as well as significant cycling corridors linking up parts of the city into a wider network. They should not be removed, undoing years of construction work, planning, efforts and progress at great expense.

Building more bike lanes and a comprehensive cycling network is one of the key tools government should be leveraging to reduce gridlock. We won't be able to reduce congestion by adding a couple of lanes of roadway here and there. We need to provide reasonable alternatives to driving, like cycling. And people are much more likely to switch when a strong network of protected lanes exists. Removing them would be extremely detrimental to the Province's own stated goals.