Forcing Toronto to mix…

Forcing Toronto to mix bikes with cars will not benefit Ontario -- on the contrary, it will harm Ontario by making Yonge, Bloor and University slower and more hazardous.

Our bike lanes improve the flow of traffic and contribute to local business. Ripping them out will only undo those benefits, and at great public expense to people in places like Timmins, Sudbury, and Sault St Marie. But maybe the expense to these people is the point.

This bill, like others in Ford's history, is an excellent way to siphon off public funds to Ford's friends and donors in the construction industry. This would be in keeping in Ford's attempts to pave the greenbelt, or his plan to dig a hole under the 401, or his effort to level Ontario Place for a luxury spa. It doesn't require much to see a pattern of venality behind the costly and counterproductive projects coming from this man.

In short, this proposal clearly does not exist in the public interest. It is an attempt to pick the pocket of Ontarians to finance useless aesthetic quibbles. The people of Toronto should -- and certainly will -- treat it as such.