Retroactively removing bike…

Retroactively removing bike infrastructure is beyond a waste of $48 million in taxpayer money, it's a violent act that will inevitably lead to the preventable deaths of more cyclists and pedestrians. A much better use of this money would go into improving the criminally under-funded TTC. This is surely more likely to reduce commute times than by deconstructing our arterial roads into highways. The notion that fewer bike lanes will mitigate gridlock is based in pseudoscientific, biased research. As an urban planner, I can assure you that induced demand works - and it won't work in your favour to reduce commute times for motorists.

Regardless of the efficacy, cities are for people, not cars. If you care about your citizens, your priority should lie with making the city safer for people, not a more efficient thoroughfare for vehicular traffic. It should not be about saving drivers and businesses time and money, it should be about saving lives. 2024 is the deadliest year on record for cyclists in the GTA. This is not normal. Bill 212 will only further expedite this trend towards the death of more citizens, and thus the city.

We agree that time is precious, we all deserve more time to spend with our loved ones. However, Bill 212's insistence on removing poured-in and paid for infrastructure projects is senseless beyond economic measure and will undoubtedly lead to more death, and less time together.