Ontario is projecting to add…

Ontario is projecting to add 6.1 million residents over the next 23 years, with the GTA expected to absorb 3 million of those (Ontario’s Long-Term Report on the Economy 2024). In order to accommodate the transportation needs of the growing population, as well as the existing population, a focus shift to moving people is needed instead of moving cars. Key to this is expanding both bicycle infrastructure as well as transit. Both modes have a higher capacity for moving people than cars for a given amount of space.
The key to good bicycle infrastructure is a connected network of protected lanes along roadways where people want to be. People use bikes to access the same shops and services located of the main roads as everyone else because they, too, are part of our society. They are not some other classification of person.

Personally, I don’t ride a bicycle. I drive, or walk, or take transit. But when I choose to drive I much prefer roads that now have separated bicycle infrastructure as there is clarity about who has the right of way and traffic operations are more predictable. Everyone just want to be able to get home safely as a first priority.