This is a bad idea. It will…

This is a bad idea. It will not solve any problems, it will increase the size of government, reduce the independence of cities, make progress slower, and most important, it will lead to people dying without reducing commute time. It will also open up the ministers responsible for this legislation up for lawsuits as they will personally be signing the legislation to implement or remove bike lanes.

Bike lanes don't make congestion worse, the worst they do is irritate drivers because they see bikes sailing by while drivers are traffic, because remember, drivers are not stuck in traffic, they ARE traffic themselves. Today, while riding to work, I counted 15 bikes at an intersection downtown, condensed into two car-lengths worth of space - look at how efficient that is! It took some cars off the road - the bikers are the ones reducing traffic.

Removing bike lanes will also make Ontarians commutes worse - bikers are still going to be on those roads, with or without bike lanes, so now all we have done is make drivers angrier and cyclists less safe, while making doing the right thing harder because of government overreach. Do people in Queens Park really know what it is like to ride a bike in Kingston, ON, or Thunder Bay? Likely not. Let folks who are local to areas make decisions.

This legislation is a waste of time, a waste of energy, and will lead to people not coming home at the end of the day to see their families, but rather it will force their families to plan funerals.

Unless the Ford government enjoys going to funerals, and being sued, I would suggest this legislation has no benefit to anyone. I will personally ensure that every cyclist who is killed because of a lack of bike lane will be known by the minister of transportation and the premier even after they have left office. I will ask their office every time if they plan to go to their funerals, and if they have sent flowers. That is all this legislation is doing, pushing us backwards.