As a regular user of bike…

As a regular user of bike lanes in Toronto, especially the Bloor St. one, I am shocked by the Provincial government's proposal to dictate, and limit, how Municipal governments implement bike lanes. We should be actively encouraging bike lanes as they provide a healthy, environmentally friendly, and pro-business means of travel. An absence of bike lanes makes riding a bike on city streets incredibly dangerous, as we've witnessed with countless unnecessary deaths from car collisions with bike riders when lanes aren't available.

I believe this bill to be a terrible idea, setting back the progress that has been made on allowing cities to grow their own bike lane networks. Adding more red tape by requiring provincial approval will do nothing but waste time and tax payer money. The car congestion this bill claims to address is a result of too many cars, underfunded public transit systems, and not enough transit alternatives. Scapegoating bike lanes won't result in any meaningful improvement should they be limited or removed.