I think this bill is a…

I think this bill is a complete blunder.

The province has no place removing bike lanes, period. It should be adding more bike lanes, if anything.

As population increases, density will increase too, whether the powers that currently be care to plan for it or not.

More people will continue to pack into the city centre, and yet the roads are already at capacity - these people will have to find SOME way to move around the city.

The government should be encouraging people to explore alternative modes of transportation such as walking and cycling.

Instead, the government is punishing people for daring not to step outside its' preferred status quo of car ownership.

Removing bike lanes discourages cycling, which is a very important method of transportation due to it's low environmental impact and high spacial efficiency.

I would wager that the road space saved by removing the bike lanes would be replaced by increased traffic from the cyclists who will be forced to drive instead.

This will lead to an overall INCREASE in traffic and congestion for all Ontarians, not to mention an inconvenience to the hundreds of thousands of cyclists in Toronto who use these bike lanes daily.

Do not remove these bike lanes.

Cyclists aren't going anywhere, and removing those lanes will lead to inconvenience for cyclists that detour, increased danger of accidents for cyclists that don't, and an increase in traffic and gridlock due to the addition of new traffic lanes without any meaningful contribution to infrastructure to support this new traffic.

And while I'm here, I think it's hilarious that the proposal mentioned Highway 413, the useless highway that absolutely nobody asked for, which leads to communities with insufficient infrastructure or population to justify the expense and environmental impact of the project.

It's almost as if somebody in the provincial government has a financial interest in promoting the sale of cars, and highways to drive them on, and houses at the end of these highways where there's currently Greenbelt protected land or otherwise undeveloped land.... definitely no conflicts of interest here, right?