The portions of Bill 212…

The portions of Bill 212 dealing with bike lanes are wrong-headed and counterproductive. They will lead to more gridlock, less safe streets (for bikers, pedestrians, and car drivers), and will have an adverse effect on local businesses.

All this is well known, and could easily be confirmed with a modicum of research.

I live on Yonge Street, in an area served by a bike lane. I moved to this location, in part, because it offers multiple travel options: car, bike, walking and transit. Despite being a senior, I use all of these options on a regular basis, and removing bike lanes would potentially put my safety at risk. There is no reason to believe that removing the bike lane would result in any permanent reduction in automobile congestion, as more cars would certainly fill the new lane (refer to studies of “induced demand”).

In the strongest terms, I urge the Ontario legislature to reject this bill.