As a transportation…

As a transportation professional in Ontario, specifically one that's working in active transportation I want to underscore the disdain and anger from people in our profession. There was NO consultation with the Ontario Traffic Council, ITE, and other transportation professionals who work to design and construct these bike lanes. Companies and municipalities across the province use a variety of transportation modelling tools such as VISSIM and Synchro to collect data on delay times and LOS of intersections (clearly things the government knows nothing about). This legislation is a direct attack on the engineers and planners who have studied and worked in the field for years by creating an additional level of red tape and stress to a very precarious position. Colleagues working in municipalities that are trying to build new bike lanes using data and fact-based approaches are often verbally assaulted due to the misinformation being spread by this government. Instead of listening to professionals, it is truly unclear who this government is getting their policy from.