This Bill represents yet…

This Bill represents yet another idiotic attempt by the Ford government to avoid actual responsibility for protecting road-users and addressing traffic congestion issues. The Ford government is using bike lanes and bike-users as scapegoats on which to blame gridlock.

The Ford government has offered no evidence that bike lanes cause or even exacerbate traffic congestion. That's because there is none. Bikes do not cause traffic, cars cause traffic. If the Ford government actually wanted to address traffic congestion, it would work to make other transportation options attractive for uptown and suburban commuters, namely, transit options including expanded subway and bus networks.

The Ford government's attack on bike-users and neglect of public transportation in Toronto is an attack on average Torontonians who want a more livable city. The Ford government has decided to ignore the hundreds of thousands of us who are not capable or who cannot afford to drive. Safe bike routes and well-run transit systems accommodate all of us and create a more welcoming, environmentally-sustainable city. Ironically, because the Ford government's plan won't actually solve gridlock, it won't actually help car-users eithers. No one wins.

Well, almost no one...

Bill 212 is yet another instance of Doug Ford ignoring actual Ontarians, avoiding his responsibilities for creating and maintaining good, livable communities, and catering to his rich buddies in business, construction and development. The people who will benefit from Bill 212 won't be average Torontonians, they won't even be average car-users in Toronto, they'll be Doug Ford's CEO friends in road construction and the auto industry. That it.