This bill represents a major…

This bill represents a major step backwards in terms of our ability to get around in the city of Toronto. This comes after some amazing progress in the development of safer bike lines in the city. What a shame and a waste of public funds it would be to undo all of this good.

This is my feedback as someone who both drives and cycles in downtown Toronto. The Yonge, University and Bloor bike lanes have made my experience as a driver and as a cyclist immensely better from a safety perspective. If we want less cars on the road at one time, we need to enable more people to get on their bicycles. I don't know anyone who regularly cycles in this city that has not had their own close calls or accidents with a motor vehicle. This is just another factor making people more hesitant to make more efficient use of our public roads. Bike lanes give us the confidence to not take the car every single time we need to get somewhere.

Extra car lanes have never been the solution to traffic. Not in Toronto or any other major city. As we continue to build up the population, we need to better utilize the space we have and bicycles are an excellent way to do this.

As a final point, public transit is another solution and making our roads more bikeable supports the ongoing transit investments by making it easier for a larger subset of people to make use of them, bridging the gap for those who are just out of range of existing/future stations and stops.