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I wanted to lend my voice to the many others in opposition to this proposal.

There is no compelling evidence I am aware of that demonstrates, beyond a reasonable doubt, that bike lanes meaningfully add to traffic.

Moreover, I think that whether bikes are or are not helpful to traffic in Toronto SHOULD be utterly irrelevant. The province should not be dictating the policy of individual municipalities - Toronto has their own elected officials who represent their respective constituents - the idea that the province should be able to intervene in Toronto affairs on behalf of people who are not residents SHOULD be criticized.

Not only is the elimination of bike lanes expensive for tax payers, not only is it wrong on an evidentiary, not SHOULD it be considered an overstep of authority, its also something that distracts from more important matters and makes streets more dangerous for pedestrians and bikers and pollutes the environment.

More bikes on the road means fewer cars - which means less congestion. End of story.

Moreover, it is extraordinarily regressive for urban planning. Present orthodoxy - seen in most higher municipalities and metro areas now internationally - is that INTENSIFICATION coupled with efficient metro systems and linkage is the best way to make use of land. There's only so much land, and encouraging sprawl with low density housing and highways instead of HIGH density uses + metro systems means more tax money drained towards maintaining infrastructure to support these less efficient land uses.

Do not support this policy. Please.