The components of this bill…

The components of this bill that aim to remove bike lanes in dense urban areas has no basis in fact or the fundamentals of urban and transportation planning.

Toronto has simply gotten too large in population to support driving as the primary means of transportation. There is no way around this truth.

There is absolutely room for improvement in how bike lanes are designed and deployed, but removing them on thoroughfares such as University Avenue, Bloor Street and Yonge Street will not improve gridlock and will endanger the lives of many more cyclists and children, and add to more vehicles on the road as cycling no longer becomes a viable alternative.

If the Province wanted to target congestion in a meaningful way, it would introduce limitations on lane closures caused by construction (both municipal works and any other closure) to reduce multi year closures that are primarily due to municipal tendering policies and poor management of construction projects. It would also provide funding smart traffic signals that would ensure efficient flows of traffic, and allow for more automatic enforcement of no-stopping, intersection blocking and illegal turns.