As someone who both drives…

As someone who both drives and commutes by bike, I appreciate the option of having a safe commute. I view not taking my 5m long SUV into daily traffic is doing my bit, but clearly some of my neighbours don't think this way. The pollution and carbon footprint from all those slow moving cars can be avoided.

I don't think it's fair for the government to focus the eye of Sauron on people who ride bikes as the cause of our congestion right now. There are a lot of factors coming together to result in more cars on the road. There aren't very many things getting cars OFF the road. Creating an us-vs-them dynamic is dark politics and doesn't solve the very real problems that went unaddressed for decades.

Moreover the provisions for building highways through the greenbelt that is stapled to this nonsense of provincial overreach into municipal politics strikes me as dark politics in the extreme. People need to calm down and get off the rage politics.

Finally, I would like to object to the greenbelt paving.