This is a stupid proposal,…

This is a stupid proposal, and wildly unsafe. This proposal essentially says that the province has the right over how a municipal roadway is used, and not the municipality it belongs to. This proposal implies that the province will take ownership of the roads. This will raise provincial taxes. As well, this proposal will actively get cyclists hurt. There are no "side-street" alternatives for midtown Yonge and Bloor St West, there are only other arterials that are kilometers away. Why wouldn't the cars take those alternative arterials, since they're in a climate controlled cabin? The cyclists will still need to ride on Bloor and on Yonge, and the only difference will be that they will have to take the lane to ensure their own safety, forcing car traffic to go around. If cyclists don't take the lane, they will be subject to attempted vehicular assault and manslaughter. The premier and the minister of transport are essentially saying that road safety does not matter to them. Furthermore, the rest of the bill seems to strip away property rights from Ontarians, environmental protections, and further municipal power by overruling bylaws.

This is a bad piece of legislature, and I sincerely hope that this is some sort of extended joke. The removal of bike lanes will cost Ontarians hundreds-of-thousands of dollars so that the premier and his ministers can drive to work faster for approximately a year or so before the traffic adjusts to the capacity and becomes overloaded. In the city voted to have the best public transportation in North America. As the regional transit system is being overhauled and upgraded and the local transit is seeing a change in leadership. I, for one, refuse to pay for this as a tax payer and will seek actions to disrupt attempts to remove the bike lanes which I have frequently used for years.