Bike lanes reduce traffic,…

Bike lanes reduce traffic, help people feel safer, and are the way forward - everywhere except Ontario seems to understand this as a matter of policy. Passing legislation which would enable the province to micro-manage municipal planning matters is a dangerous, onerous, and expensive proposition. I get that this government’s priorities are not environmentally-conscious policy and providing an off-ramp for carbon-emitting vehicle users as our planet is literally dying around us, but people are also dying on the streets. Stop politicizing and penalizing people trying to live economically and consciously, and maybe spend some money sorting out the tire fires that are Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx. No wonder we can’t get decent public transit in this province. If it’s not clear yet, I will conclude so that my submission is firmly recorded as negative feedback: I am not in favour of Bill 212 and think it would have extremely negative social, economic, and health impacts on local and province-wide key stakeholders and communities.