A few quick thoughts:: 1…

A few quick thoughts::

1. The recommendation is the wrong solution at the wrong time: Autonomous vehicles are going to be taking over. More lanes won't be needed. Gridlock and accidents will be reduced.

2. It is well established that the more you add lanes for cars the more you need to add more lanes for cars. It's a demand that creates more demand. Some places in the last few years have _eliminated_ highway lanes and the benefits have been many.

3. The recommendation does not reflect the realities of city living. In Toronto the subways, street cars and buses are crowded, the sidewalks are crowded, the bike lanes are crowded. If you want to get all those people into cars, you'll soon have to pave over the whole city and have skyways on top of skyways. If you want to make more room in the city for more people, improve transit and add bike lanes - maybe convert some car lanes into pedestrian-only and bike-only - which take up much less room..

4. Accidents will not be reduced by having more highway lanes. Accidents will increase and the harm to people and property will increase.

5. More highway lanes mean more accidents, more use of hospitals, more pollution, more pollution-related diseases: more burdens on the health care system with no increase in funding for all of that. Health care for _everyone_ will be compromised.

Think. Please.