I strongly oppose this bill…

I strongly oppose this bill for several reasons.
1. There is no evidence that reducing traffic lanes will increase traffic, and in fact all available evidence suggests reducing traffic lanes actually reduces traffic (see link), so this bill does not solve the problem it claims to solve
2. This bill will spend significant taxpayer money in failing to solve the problems it claims to solve, and that money could be far better allocated elsewhere.
3. The bill says that "implications to the environment will be considered", but also includes an exemption from the Environmental Assessment Act, which strongly suggests that implications to the environment will not be considered or that if they are, those implications will be ignored if they turn out to negatively impact the environment.
3b. With every reputable scientist saying that climate change is the greatest threat of our age, reducing access to climate-friendly means of transporting and increasing access to climate-hostile forms of transportation is a grave mistake.
4. Increasing access to car-safe cycling, a form of exercise that has potential to improve the cardiovascular health of Canadians, could potentially decrease healthcare spending by creating healthier citizens. Shutting off access to safe and healthy forms of exercise is bad for Canadian citizens and bad for the budget.
5. I do not believe the province should be involved in micromanaging the bike lanes of municipalities.