I am writing to strongly…

I am writing to strongly oppose Bill 60. As an avid cyclist who commutes to work daily by bike in Toronto, I experience firsthand how unsafe our streets already are. Even with the current cycling lanes, riding in this city often feels like playing a real-life game of Frogger — dodging speeding cars, unpredictable turning vehicles, and drivers cutting through neighbourhoods. Vulnerable road users are exposed to constant, unnecessary risk.

A clear example of the growing safety gap is the Yonge & Eglinton area. New buildings are being approved with parking for as few as 13 cars for 674 residences but for 752 bicycles. Additionally, there is a multi-use complex for 2900 residences, 62,400 m2 of office and 10,500m2 of retail with 774 cars and 3106 bike. This is intentional planning to encourage sustainable transportation — yet the surrounding infrastructure has not been scaled to match. Sidewalks remain narrow, protected bike lanes are inconsistent or missing, and traffic-calming measures are minimal. This is only one development, but similar high-density projects are appearing across Toronto and other Ontario municipalities. We are building for thousands of cyclists and pedestrians while failing to build the safe infrastructure needed to protect them.

Toronto — and municipalities across Ontario — need more authority, not less, to build protected bike lanes, widen sidewalks, reduce cut-through traffic, and create safe, people-centred streets. Bill 60 undermines these efforts at the very moment when population growth and density demand stronger, evidence-based transportation planning.

Safe streets benefit everyone: cyclists, pedestrians, transit riders, dog-walkers, parents with strollers, seniors, and children simply trying to move through their neighbourhood. Bill 60 will make our communities less safe, less equitable, and less liveable.

I urge the provincial government to withdraw Bill 60 and instead support municipalities in building connected, protected, and people-focused transportation networks that reflect how Ontarians actually move every day.