I believe the premise of…

I believe the premise of this bill is fundamentally flawed and I would not support/vote for the party that pushes it. Biking lanes in Toronto, if anything, decongested the streets, allowing people to commute faster, healthier and with less environmental impact. There is no evidence that proves that removal of bike lanes will in any way help with gridlocks and time spent in traffic, it will definitely worsen it for folks who use bikes for commuting and will put their lives in danger. This bill is ultimately compromising the country level goal of moving towards better, carbon-free transportation solutions, it undermines people’s belief in the intentions of this country towards solutions regarding climate change. This bill has also surfaced the incompetency of the provincial government and its lack of coordination of infrastructure efforts in its biggest city. While the money has been spent on creating the bike lanes, the money will be spent to remove them with total lack of evidence that this effort is necessary. It does not matter to me that the province plans to reimburse the city of Toronto for spendings associated with placement of bike lanes, because the money provide would provide to the city of Toronto could have been spent in much more productive ways.