If the Government of Ontario…

If the Government of Ontario:
1) Recognizes the need to build priority highways faster as our province grows in order to get people and goods out of gridlock and save drivers and businesses time and money.

2) Recognizes that accidents and lane closures can worsen traffic congestion and impact the quality of life of Ontarians.

3) Is building Highway 413, recognizing the importance of this highway to millions of drivers from across Ontario.

It is not clear how the proposal to discourage bike lanes in busy areas like Downtown Toronto would help significantly help meet these needs. With respect to each point above:
1) Priority highways can certainly be an excellent way to facilitate personal vehicles travelling long distances in rural areas. However, gridlock will decrease in dense urban areas by encouraging active and public transportation. How do you get more people out of gridlock? We put give them room to travel on bikes, buses, or trains!

2) Accidents and lane closures can certainly worsen congestion. How can we avoid this? We create protected bike lanes and we encourage public transportation!

3) Building Highway 413 has absolutely nothing to do with bike lanes in dense urban areas.

I suggest that the Government of Ontario will do a much better job addressing their concerns of reducing gridlock by adequately funding active and public transportation options.