I am an arts & culture…

I am an arts & culture worker, former urban planner, cyclist, driver, and pedestrian residing in Toronto. I am vehemently opposed to Bill 212 and its unfounded claims.
Sound research has proven that adding roads for vehicular traffic increases traffic. On the other hand, multiple modes of transit (cars, buses, streetcars, bike lanes, pedestrian sidewalks, etc.) reduce vehicular traffic as people have more options to choose from.
Bike lanes are safer for cyclists. It is such an absurd proposal to remove key bike lanes heavily used by cyclists, forcing us to share the roads with large vehicles. We need more bike lanes, not less.
The province need not control something as municipal-specific as bike lanes. Municipalities are the bodies who can make this call. Canada already has a bad reputation for red tape and delayed infrastructure development, particularly when it comes to transit. This proposal continues to make a mockery of a wealthy nation that should have streamlined processes.
This proposal will also be another huge waste of money from Ford's government.
Ford, stay out of municipalities' hair. Stay out of Toronto. You have done so much already to destroy what we love in Ontario. Stop.