Bill 212 would result in…

Bill 212 would result in extremely regressive results for the climate by increasing the number of vehicles on the roads in the cities. Commuters which use bikes to get to and from work in the city centre would most likely revert to driving cars to work. This would also have a negative impact on traffic and result in worse gridlock.

Eliminating bike lanes would have make sidewalks more dangerous for pedestrians, especially seniors with canes and walkers. The number of bikes, including delivery and biking to work and recreational bikers would increase if the bike lanes they are currently using are removed. Particularly dangerous would be electric bike deliveries and electric scooter deliveries which are currently using bike lanes, but would resort to sidewalks rather than biking in traffic.

Disabled individuals who currently use motorized bikes converted to their needs would be deprived of the ability to travel to places which they can currently access by using the bike lanes.

Drivers need to adapt to bikers using the bike lanes, to be more alert, more patient and to budget the time required to travel safely and to ensure safety for bikers using bike lanes. I would also like to see license plates on bikes, so that those bikers endangering pedestrians or driving into the back of a vehicle stopped on the road at red lights, then taking off having caused damage could be held accountable.