I think this bill is…

I think this bill is fundamentally flawed and will increase traffic throughout the city and reduce road safety on our major roads. By removing bike lanes on bloor, Yonge and university, it will force cyclists and motorist to share the road rather than having dedicated lanes for both groups of riders. There are business and homes on these major streets that cyclists need to get too so you won’t be able to force most of them onto side streets. I believe our government should prioritize the safety of all road users rather than the speed at which motorists travel, it was a motorists choice that they chose to drive in traffic so why should the cyclist have to give up their safety and security to save a couple seconds on a motorists commute. It is my opinions that pedestrian and cyclist injuries and fatalities will increase dramatically on these roads once our dedicated bike infrastructure are removed because the increase conflicts between motorists and cyclists. We are at risk of losing decades of progress in improving road safety for zero improvements in traffic. The number of motorists will continue to increase but the size of our road network is at the limit with no room for future expansion. We need to change how we move around in the city because our car infrastructure is at capacity and we are at deadlock in peak rush hour traffic.

Our dense urban downtown has gone through major growth and revitalization in the past 20 years and now is the time more than ever to make sure we have options to move around the city rather then be stuck in traffic. Our roads will never be large enough to support 70% of our population to drive cars so giving people the option to use other modes of transportation is fundamental in our hope to turn Toronto into a world class city. We need to give people the choice whether or not to drive rather than forcing people to own a car. People should have the right to choose whether or not they want to own a car but we live in a city where you will not be able to get to your place of work without it.

Increasing the bureaucracy and red tape for building new road infrastructure will slow down the growth of our cities by forcing cities to require provincial approval to build any and all bike lanes. We should be limiting the control our government has on our daily lives. It should be the cities authority because these roads are for more than just for driving and the citizens of the city should determine how they are used, not the province.