There's a number of reason's…

There's a number of reason's that this proposal doesn't make sense for Ontario. First, it's a huge overreach of the provincial government to interfere with municipal planning. Years have gone into the planning process for bike lanes, consulting with the community, to determine what is best for each city. For the province to come in and say that they know better than all of the city stakeholders is ridiculous. It also shifts the focus away from things that are actually under the purview of the provincial government and implies that gridlock is caused by bike lanes, rather than chronic underfunding of public funding and mismanaging of highways. Adding an additional lane on Bloor, University, and Yonge will do little to impact the crazy gridlock seen on the 400 series highways. It also ignores the fact that by removing bikelanes, you're encouraging more cars to be on the road. More cars equals more traffic, not less. It also creates a more unsafe situation for people that bike. This legislation will lead to more injuries and potential road deaths. There's also the issue of cost. It's ridiculous that the provincial government waited until the bike lanes were completed before recommending pulling the cost. The city of Toronto has quoted an amount of 64 millions dollars ti accomplish this. That's 64 millions that could go towards transit, other road infrastructure, healthcare, and education. That also doesn't account for the cost that the city spent to install, nor the cost to potentially install bikelanes elsewhere in the city.