Hello, I am quite concerned…

Hello,

I am quite concerned about this bill as it relates to the removal of bike lanes. Time and time again there has been research and data showing that the only viable method to reducing congestion is by offering alternative modes of transportation. I fail to see how removing viable alternative of transportation will reduce congestion when those cyclist will now likely have to get into a car and add to the congestion.

In addition, I pose this question. Why does the provincial government need to be concerned with what is very much a municipal matter? I am a physician here in Ontario and instead of the provincial government attempting to manage our current healthcare crisis including increased "hallway medicine", the exodus of workers especially nurses, addressing issues of accessibility of healthcare, taking reasonable steps to offset the costs and increased care needs of our aging population, we instead have a government focusing its resources on needing to seek approval whether a town puts a single bike lane on a road.

It seems to me to be absolutely a waste of everyone's time and shows once again much like the closure of the OSC, the license plate change, the removal than reinstatement of reduced cost for transfers from municipal transit to GO transit, the $250,000,000 price tag to offer beer in our alternative venues, the court decision to strike down 1% pay raise for healthcare workers after the most stressful moments of our career with the Covid-19 pandemic and so many other inept decisions by this government, that this is nothing more than a distraction to pass through legislation to reduce environmental review to build new highways that are not needed.

If this bill should pass, the least this government should do is show the data once it inevitably shows it did not reduce congestion and instead resulted in increased induced demand.

Sincerely,
A burnt out healthcare worker wanting alternative transit methods