I wish to respectfully plead…

I wish to respectfully plead for this bill to be turned down. Why? Because I am a cyclist who rides my bike year round.

Please advocate on my behalf. We need more bike lanes, not less!

Please focus on building effective and connected cycling networks. Trust me, people will use them! I will use them! My friends will use them!

I currently use the pathetic amount of cycling infrastructure that currently exists and the rest of the time? Guess what, I’m using the car lane! Slowing down the cars! Yup! Give me a bike lane and I’ll get out of the way! Take away my bike lane and I’ll get more in the way!

Pretty obvious but I’ll say it anyway, building more cycling infrastructure will improve car traffic speeds and reduce gridlock.
Removing cycling infrastructure will not improve vehicular traffic speeds but I will continue to ride my bike regardless. No bike lanes means I ride in the car lane and slow down cars. It’s actually hilarious because it’s so ironic; this bill is going at the problem completely backwards.

Just so you know, I also own a car.
I’m not one of those fanatic cyclists who think cars shouldn’t exist.
I’m just providing a simple solution to improving car traffic.
The solution is, provide alternative modes of transportation and thereby reduce the amount of cars on the road. It’s that simple!

However, it must be said, the cycling infrastructure MUST be effective, connected, safe, complete and, in an perfect world, separated from the dangerous car traffic in order see the FULL potential of transportation by cycling.

Please do your absolute best to prevent Bill 212 from going through.

You have the ability to improve my life or make it far more dangerous. It’s your call.