This bill is not supported…

This bill is not supported by data. Before proceeding with passing this bill, thorough peer reviewed data should be collected and studied, independently analyzed to weigh the relative wider network benefits of bike lanes. An example is use of machine language models by University of Toronto to show wider transportation network benefits: https://www.utoronto.ca/news/u-t-experts-use-machine-learning-analyze-w…

This bill is also troublesome in that the rhetoric associated with it exacerbates the perception that cyclists and drivers cannot coexist, “us vs. them”, normalizing anti-vulnerable road users sentiments and thereby putting vulnerable road users at risk.