The only way to reduce…

The only way to reduce vehicle congestion/gridlock that is backed by data is to give people viable alternatives to driving. Slowing down the construction of cost-effective alternatives like bike lanes, which cost less to build and maintain than vehicle lanes, can only contribute to gridlock. I do not support the proposal to introduce provincial oversight over bike lane construction that only acts as a veto. If the government is serious about involving itself in municipal decisions about bike lanes then it should also be proposing routes that it finds meet its criteria.

The proposed highway 413 only serves to funnel more vehicles into already-gridlocked highways. Vehicle occupants wish to travel to destinations which cannot support the volume of vehicle traffic they already face, and constructing more lanes to handle the traffic volume requires taking valuable surface area from these destinations. I do not support the proposed 413 and I would instead like to see the government propose highway alignments which can bring existing traffic volume to new destinations which are not already congested.