I do not support Bill 212…

I do not support Bill 212. It is provincial overreach and disappointingly short sighted. Reducing the ability for municipalities to install bikes lanes will result in more cyclists in car dominated traffic which will ultimately slow down traffic and will result in more cyclist injuries and fatalities. Municipalities know best how to serve their communities and requiring review and approval from the provincial government will only delay infrastructure projects, waste tax payer money, and further discourage municipalities from considering infrastructure redesigns to their population. The idea that we should continue to prioritize car traffic instead of more scalable methods of transportation such as cycling is an outdated and short sighted one. It's simple - cars cause congestion and by continuing to prioritize car traffic it only perpetuates a cycle of increasing trips using cars, therefore increasing car traffic, and ultimately increasing the demand for more car infrastructure. I commute to work every day by bicycle and that is only possible because I have a safe and efficient route that does not require me to risk my life and ride amongst car heavy traffic. We need to empower our municipalities to decrease our population's dependence on cars, not hamper it. For the health and safety of our people, for the good of our planet, and for the sake of not burdening our people with the insurmountable costs of cars and car infrastructure, please scrap this bill and come up with a better plan to move us forward - not backwards.