I am 100% opposed to this…

I am 100% opposed to this bill. Removing bike lanes and restricting the construction of new ones will not have a significant beneficial effect on motor vehicle traffic. In fact, having fewer bike lanes will likely have a significant negative effect on traffic as many trips that are could be taken by bike will now instead be taken by car, causing traffic to increase. With another lane of car traffic on a street like Bloor, cars will not move faster, there will just be more of them stuck in traffic crawling along at slow speeds. The only way to actually reduce car traffic is to provide viable alternatives to driving. If the province is concerned about improving mobility around our cities, it should be prioritizing investment in transit, cycling, and pedestrian infrastructure.

Furthermore, this bill is a gross overreach of provincial power. Decisions regarding the design of local streets should be left up to municipalities. The provincial government should not be seeking to insert itself into that decision-making process, slowing down much needed improvements with extra bureaucratic red tape.