I have recently begun…

I have recently begun cycling to work, as someone who does not own a car and does not have a direct transit route to my workplace. The only reason I feel safe cycling is because of designated bike lanes. I only take routes with protected bike lanes (with barriers) because I value my life, and personally know a young woman who died after a collision with a dump truck. I strongly oppose any intervention by the province into municipal bike lane builds and especially oppose the ripping out of current bike lane infrastructure. This infrastructure is necessary, and encourages more new riders each day to try a sustainable, fast, inexpensive form of transit.