The goal of prioritizing…

The goal of prioritizing motor vehicle traffic in Toronto and other cities in Ontario is a lose-lose game. By focusing on motor vehicle transport (at the detriment at other viable means of transportation) means most people would want to commute by car, which does not scale as the population density increases.

By establishing CONVENIENT and reliable alternative forms of transportation such as public transport and CYCLING, you reduce the number of people who drive, and therefore reducing traffic as a whole.

Removing the sections of the Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue bike lanes will only push more people to drive and therefore increase traffic and congestion. Furthermore, requiring provincial approval for the installation of bike lanes is a massive overreach over municipalities, and will result in a massive slow down of new bike infrastructure.

Bike lanes are not an inconvenience, they are a safety requirement for cyclists and also help motorists as well as no one likes to have to share the road with each other (motorists find it slow, and cyclists find it dangerous).

I believe this bill should not be passed, and instead focus should be put on increasing bike infrastructure within Toronto and other cities in Ontario, as the only way to reduce car traffic isn't to build another highway, but to make other forms of transportation more convenient. For cities, cars are not the future, and they could never be.