The provincial obsession…

The provincial obsession with limiting municipal decision-making is preposterous. It strips cities of local authority and decision-making, even when projects are supported by evidence and local residents.
It will worsen traffic congestion, not reduce it. The government’s own experts have consistently said that bike lanes are not a cause of gridlock. Bill 60 will make roads more dangerous. Protected bike lanes prevent serious injuries and deaths for people biking, walking, and driving. It threatens other uses of road space that communities rely on, including transit priority, safe crossings, patios, curbside access, and school streets. It undermines climate goals and public health by locking cities into car-dependent street designs. At someone that owns a car and a bike and uses both regularly to get around, this is not about being “pro-bike” or “anti-car”. It’s about evidence-based transportation planning and local democracy. And no matter how many times Doug Ford says it, the facts are clear: bike lanes do not cause traffic congestion. Repeating it again and again and again doesn't make it true.