Bike lanes are an essential…

Bike lanes are an essential part of solving the problem of congestion in any growing city. Many people, including young people like myself, rely on cycling, walking, and transit to get around the city safely. Many of my peers and I rely on services like bike share that make our commute times easier, and allow access to other green spaces around the city, beyond the core. It's been proven time and again through case studies and real life examples across the world that cycling is great for businesses, for the health of a population, for making cities more liveable, and for meeting our climate action targets. By limiting where bike lanes can be built you're limiting people's transportation options, and are backtracking from Toronto from becoming a good example of what it means to build greener, liveable, intentional cities that meet the needs of a growing, diverse population. This is not a forward thinking bill, its doing the exact opposite - please ensure that we build a city and a province that addresses the needs of majority of residents, and not only car owners.

Both the Ontario government and the City of Toronto have set ambitious climate targets. Bike lanes play a crucial role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging cycling over car use. Limiting bike lanes is inconsistent with these goals and could hinder progress on reducing the city’s carbon footprint, improving air quality, and promoting healthier lifestyles through active transportation.