I wholeheartedly am against…

I wholeheartedly am against this proposal as it does not accomplish its intended goal of reducing traffic but rather creates more need to use a car instead of alternative forms of transport. It is a reductive policy which will only further traffic in the future, while removing other transportation options such as cycling.

As a cyclist, I rely on proper infrastructure to get where I need to go safely. I pay the same taxes as those who use cars on the road and yet my form of transportation and my use of the road is continuously underfunded and attacked.

To create a policy like this is also an overstep of provincial jurisdiction. It should be up to the municipalities and their citizens how they choose to plan their communities. If cycling is a popular form of transport and there is interest from the community to have more infrastructure to support it, they should be able to make those choices. And they should be able to make progressive infrastructure decisions such as creating divided bike lanes which have been proven to reduce cycling fatalities and increase interest in cycling as an alternative form of transport.

This policy will do nothing to reduce traffic congestion. At best, its a poorly veiled attempt by the Ford Government to overstep their power and line their pockets by increasing unnecessary, costly and time consuming road work projects, while trying to appeal to their "no more bike lanes" voting demographic. I hope this is shut down. And if its not, I look forward to protesting it.