Municipalities are already…

Municipalities are already working hard to meet provincial objectives on housing and transit. A
Asking municipalities to address additional red tape imposed by this bill, or spending resources to rip up already finished roads, is the opposite of what we should be doing. Especially when the road space taken by cyclists is far less per capita than private vehicles, and doing this will only result in induced demand and cramming more vehicles into places where connecting roads cannot be expanded. It's simple math and geometry that cannot be overcome.

If the province is seriously concerned with the amount of road space taken by bike lanes, perhaps additional money can be spent finishing transit projects, which use the least space per capita. Failing that, if the province moves forward with this, it should simply assume the municipal roads it wants to change as provincial highways, so it is not burdening municipal budgets.