This legislation seems to be…

This legislation seems to be routed in anger and misinformation, and is also discriminatory (the very text of the legislation is only focused on drivers - why is there no focus on public transportation (i.e. trains, busses, etc.), or active transportation (walking, cycling)?)

There seems to be no reference to facts or studies - see this recent article from CBC (https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/bike-lanes-impacts-1.7358319)

There have been myriad studies showing that adding lanes of a highway does not help congestion. Increasing lanes on highways will only increase congestion and pollution.

But given that the facts have been completely ignored in this discussion, I'll share my own experience regarding the Bloor West bike lanes. My office is moving from downtown to Mississauga in the near future. With the Bloor West bike lanes, I have a viable route (i.e. mostly via bike lanes) to get from my downtown home to the office in Mississauga. Without the Bloor West bike lanes, my commute will be 9km longer as it would involve a significant detour to ensure a safe route. If that happens, I won't bike. I'll drive. I'll be another person contributing to the traffic, gridlock, congestion, that you so dearly want to reduce.

I can't believe that legislation that is so regressive is even being tabled. There is no path forward where promoting car travel over mass or active transit makes any logical sense at all. This is appealing only to voters' justifiable frustration with travel times, but in a way that will only make it worse in the long run. The government should be doing everything possible to encourage people to find other ways to move around the city and province rather than catering to the vocal, selfish, entitled minority who feel it's their right to drive themselves around a dense city with no regard for anyone else trying to get around.