I am writing to ask that the…

I am writing to ask that the provincial government to cease its pursuit of this ill considered legislation.

I am a resident of Toronto. Bike lanes are very important to me. They allow my family, including four children, to transit the city in a far safer manner than the alternatives: my kids riding on the sidewalk (endangering pedestrians) or my kids riding on the street (endangering their lives). Saying "take the side streets" is not all that helpful of a comment, as a certain minister has said, as most side streets have to traverse major streets after a very short period of time. So now my, again, four children are expected to cross four-lanes of traffic off from a stop sign.

Particularly frustrating about this proposed legislation is it trampling on power of local governments. Bike-lanes, or the lack of them, is such a local issue that it is unfathomable how the provincial government thinks it could do a better job at representing constituents in such an area.

So much for small government that the conservatives say they always champion. This quite literally adds red-tape and delays to city projects that incorporate a bike lane.