This bill will promote the…

This bill will promote the usage of private motorized vehicles within urban and suburban communities. This is unreasonable, short-sighted and poor public policy. It fails to recognize that the space required by motorized vehicles on roads, and in private and commercial parking spaces, is needlessly wasteful and unsustainable within the limited space of communities. Motorized vehicles also produce air and noise pollution which are harmful to the health of residents. This, in turn, increases provincial health care costs and degrades the quality of lives.

The province should focus exclusively on promoting alternative transportation modalities such as public transit and bicycle riding, as well as pass legislation, such as congestion taxes, that reduce the use of motorized vehicles, particularly non-commercial ones. In order to reduce gridlock caused by cars and trucks operating within urban and suburban communities, to reduce traffic fatalities and injuries, as well as to promote the health of environment, Ontario must promote and encourage the implementation of dedicated, and physically separated, bike lanes.

The provincial government would do well to recognize that its legacy is the long-term impact of its governance upon its citizens.