The idea behind making bike…

The idea behind making bike lanes more difficult to create in order to reduce gridlock throughout the province does not seem to be the most effective way to accomplish this task. A large reason people don’t use bikes in Ontario is that there isn’t the infrastructure in place to support it. You are often required to ride on the side of the roads, which are generally in poor condition and dangerous due to the close proximity to vehicle traffic beside you. Another route to improve this problem would be to create safe and well-constructed bike lanes, incentivizing people to use bikes more often. In Lindsay, Ontario there are no bike lanes and this makes it almost a must to ride your bike on the sidewalk which could prove to be more dangerous to people using these footpaths. There is also mention of the Ontario government considering environmental implications regarding to the development of new cycling lanes. I find this to be partially redundant. While I don’t think we should carve a bike lane through a wetland I do believe that if better infrastructure was created then more people would use bikes and would in turn reduce vehicle emissions which could prove to be much more beneficial long term for the environment.