This bill should absolutely…

This bill should absolutely NOT be passed. Not only do bike lanes make streets safer for everyone, but removing/barring them will not stop the majority of cyclists from using major streets thus resulting in higher risk of accidents. More lanes do not mean less congestion. Induced demand brought on by adding car lanes only brings more cars into cities leading to higher traffic numbers. Cities should be planned for/by their people, not cars. In addition, Schedule 3, the area of this bill providing an exemption from the EAA is absolutely sinister and unacceptable. It is clearly in the later section of this bill which has mainly been publicized focusing on bike lanes to be snuck by the public without notice. EAA regulations were put into place for a reason - to prevent unnecessary harm and alteration to the environment in which construction takes place. Highway 413 should not even be built. Aside from the billions in tax dollars it would cost Ontarians, it will also cause irreparable harm the greenbelt. 413 will also NOT reduce commute times. Rather, public transit should be heavily expanded. As well, highway 407, an already underused highway due to its privatization, which runs in roughly the same route as the planned 413, should be permanently opened to the public and not tolled.