Cycling is an important part…

Cycling is an important part of transportation mix. Any effort to reduce, remove or relocate safe cycling infrastructure (i.e. bike lanes) is a mistake. That infrastructure was installed because individual voters and tax payers chose to elect municipal officials who championed those policies. The idea that another level of government can overrule local decisions AND use taxpayer money to remove bike lanes is foolish. No empirical evidence has been presented to the public that supports this decision. There is lots of evidence, including things like increased spending at local businesses, quicker emergency response and fewer cyclist and pedestrian injuries all result from more safe cycling infrastructure.

There is no question that removing cycling infrastructure will lead to more conflict on roads and more cyclist death. All of those will be the direct responsibility of the current porvincial government.