This proposed bill causes me…

This proposed bill causes me great concern:

1) The decision seems to be based on political strategizing, not real evidence or data. Prioritizing the interests of Conservative car-drivers (and having an axe to grind against progressives) is clearly more important than anything else.

2) I thought fiscal responsibility was a priority of this government. We've heard about "stopping the gravy train" for years, so how does that square with removing infrastructure that has already benefitted from significant public investment? What a colossal waste of taxpayers' money.

3) The fact is, existing cycling infrastructure in Ontario is mediocre at best. For that reason, I don't cycle the streets and I worry when my husband bikes around our city.

With some notable exceptions (e.g. the new cycling lanes along Plains Road in Burlington), most of the infrastructure does not fully follow best practices. Countless cities in Europe have demonstrated that cycling infrastructure does what it's intended to do -- reduce traffic congestion, decrease pollution and increase healthful living -- when it is fully supported and implemented in a robust manner. That means using curbs and bollards to separate cyclists from drivers.

It makes zero sense to implement bike lanes across Ontario using half measures, and then remove them because they're "not working." You either commit to success or you commit to failure.

The bottom line: we need to lean in to building this infrastructure, not pulling out bike lanes.