Hi there, I visited Toronto…

Hi there,

I visited Toronto and Niagara Falls in August for the first time, hailing from BC. I must say, the shear number of cars in both communities felt overwhelming and made each place much less nice to visit and spend time in. The car centricity of downtown Toronto felt apparent compared to Montreal and Vancouver (though Vancouver still has a lot of work to do itself), along with Quebec City and my own hometown Victoria.

My experience was also that Toronto has some of the most aggressive drivers in the country. Removing the city's ability to make roads safer and more pleasant for people outside of cars will result in deaths and overall reduce the general health of the population.

Montreal and Victoria both show how successful urban cycling infrastructure can be at successfully shifting people out of cars. It's a shame the Ontario government is planning on knee capping Toronto and other municipality's abilities to do the same. There's a reason most cities across Canada including ones like Edmonton and Halifax are making significant investments in bike infrastructure. Even car centric US cities like Miami are doing it. It just makes sense. Please don't prevent Ontario communities from doing the same.

Thank you.