The government of Ontario…

The government of Ontario should not be micro-managing the streets of Toronto. Bike lanes are good - they encourage more people to bike instead of drive (which improves traffic congestion, since bikes take up less space on the road than cars), make roads safer for cyclists, and increase business to the shops and services in the vicinity. Someone riding a bike is more likely to stop and spontaneously go into a business they pass by than someone driving a car. If cyclists have their own lane, they won't be in the way of cars in the car lanes, which will improve car traffic movement.

Some of this data has already been published, after the Bloor Street bike lane pilot project was studied (see supporting link). With every expansion to the Bloor Street bike lanes, that route has improved, especially for vulnerable road users.

Bloor has been ripped up several times in the past few years with various construction projects, and to go through that again to undo all the good work that was done on that corridor is a huge waste of time, money, and will cause even more gridlock. There does not appear to be any benefit in removing the bikes lanes on Bloor, Yonge, and University, except to generate more contracts for construction companies.

I am against Bill 212. Leave the existing bike lanes alone. The government of Ontario should not be wasting time and taxpayers' money opposing cycling infrastructure.