Please don’t remove existing…

Please don’t remove existing bike lanes. These are municipal decisions legitimately approved by Toronto City Council with overwhelming majorities, including the local councillors in the cases of high-profile lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University. This is appalling overreach by a provincial government, only seeming less so because this Premier has a pattern of such overreach into debates he lost a decade ago while in municipal politics.

The only way to reduce vehicle traffic is to provide viable alternatives to driving, such as safe cycling. Road safety also matters, and calmer, safer streets benefit everyone, whether in a vehicle or not.