This proposal is terrible. I…

This proposal is terrible. I am appalled that the Premier wants to waste my taxpayer money ripping out the expensive transportation infrastructure that was just built with my tax dollars when it will do nothing to ease traffic congestion. If anything it will make it much worse. The construction itself will cause congestion and moving the cyclists into the vehicle traffic will absolutely slow down traffic -- not to mention certainly injure and probably kill several of them. Look at all the other "world class" cities -- they are all building active transportation infrastructure because it is necessary for a decent quality of life in dense cities. Is the Premier unaware that almost all the new intensification along these streets, high-rises that his government has argued that we need, is predicated on the residents using active transportation? Just look at the number of parking slots allotted in them to cars vs. bikes! There are literally THOUSANDS of new residents who will be moving to my neighbourhood in downtown Toronto in the next few years, who are expected to use active transportation here and who will completely clog the vehicle lanes if there are no bike lanes for them. Already we are seeing a massive increase in rental bike use every year, with thousands of trips every day -- having them in the vehicle lane will NOT speed up traffic! I beg you to reconsider this incredibly stupid legislation. If it goes through it will do terrible harm and serve no one's interest.