This proposal is…

This proposal is ridiculously misguided, to the point that it must be considered a politically driven vote grab.

It is retrogressive. Our cities don’t have room for more cars. We need other space-sharing alternatives. Bike lanes are a proven solution world wide.

It victimizes one constituency, relegating bike commuters (who are in fact members of many other constituencies) to less safe and/or drastically less convenient roadways, in favour of an old fashioned & unsustainable world view that the suburban driver constituency favours. We can’t move forward if we move backwards.

It will either put more drivers on the roads or cause delays and frustration by putting bikes back on the roadways, or both. Road-user frustration will lead to dangerous behaviour.

More helpful would be prevention of traffic lane removal for construction on adjacent properties (condos, etc) and eliminating curb side parking on thoroughfares.