I oppose Bill 212. 1. It is…

I oppose Bill 212.
1. It is obscene overreach by the province. City Planning is the responsibility of the city. The residence of Toronto vote to have the bike lanes.
2. The bike lanes are good for business. This has been shown by numerous studies across north america. The bloor business association publicly stated revenue has improved with the bike lanes. Bikers and pedestrians shop at the businesses, while the motor vehicle traffic drives past them.
3. It improves the community and atmosphere of the neighborhood. This not only leads to improved business but home values as well.
4. Removing bike lanes will make traffic congestion worse, not better. Even a small percentage of those bikers being moved to cars will immediately overwhelm any gains from the additional lane. Bikers will still exist, and traffic will have to move at the pace of a bike.
5. It misses completely other sources of congestion. By far the worst sources of congestion are left hand turns across traffic, right hand turns when pedestrians are crossing, illegal street parking (especially during rush hour), lack of signal priority for TTC, and motor vehicle volume. Addressing any of those would have a far greater impact.
6. There is a lot of high rise development in the core. These people have to get around some how. The volume is absolutely impossible to expect cars for all of them.
7. Parking for all those residences is extraordinarily expensive to build because it is all below grade.
8. Removing the bike lanes will kill people.