Your proposed legislation…

Your proposed legislation that will result in the removal of bike lanes in the city of Toronto as well as prior approval from the Provincial Government does not take into account:
- the safety of cyclists
- the need for alternative methods of transportation (bicycle) to help alleviate congestion.
- the 'long view' - no matter how many roads and highways you build, not matter how many bike lanes you remove, you will not solve the problem of gridlock and congestion. Your short shortsightedness may alleviate some problems short term, but you have no long term plan.

You don't have any criteria for bike lanes other than if it hinders cars in any way. You have listed no data to support your theory that bike lanes are the problem and you don't seem to be interested in the data that is available that supports the current bike lanes. Nothing in your proposal suggests that you will create safe alternative bike lanes before ripping out the current ones.

I would suggest that you work WITH the municipalities to strengthen the bike lane criteria and obtain relevant data on the effect of bike lanes on all vehicular traffic including delivery and emergency services as well as the safety of cyclists and pedestrians. There will always be room for improvements and adjustments and, yes, perhaps even removal of bike lanes.

There will be a huge cost, borne by the taxpayer, to remove these bike lanes that we, the taxpayer, have paid to have them installed. Then, one day, when your government is replaced, we will end up paying again to have them reinstalled. Do us the courtesy of working with the municipalities on bike lanes and do not simply force bad legislation on us.