This bill is a waste of time…

This bill is a waste of time, and taxpayer money. Instead of meddling in city affairs, the province should be focusing their resources on delivering existing public transit projects, funding healthcare, and education. It is fiscally irresponsible to remove cycling infrastructure that has only recently been implemented.

Bike lanes are an important tool to reduce congestion in large cities, and helpful in meeting climate change goals. Encouraging more people to drive cars will only contribute to congestion and pollution.

> In 2016, the European Commission's CIVITAS program published a study examining traffic congestion that looked at several cities around the world.
> For example, in New York City, the authors shared figures from the city's transportation department that showed in 2010, before bike lanes were installed on a major midtown thoroughfare, it took the average car 4.5 minutes to travel from 96th Street to 77th Street. After the bike lanes were installed, it took just three minutes — a 35 per cent decrease. One of the reasons they cited for the change was the installation of a left-turn lane, which not only kept cyclists moving but also stopped cars from holding up traffic.

from https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bike-lanes-impacts-1.7358319

I urge you to reconsider this bill and focus on helping more Ontarians other than drivers.