I oppose Doug Ford’s anti…

I oppose Doug Ford’s anti-bike lane legislation. Not only will it make our roads more unsafe for people who cycle, walk or drive it is also yet another overstep on the authority of municipalities.

The legislation will also put unnecessary financial strain on taxpayers for the potential cost of removing existing bike lanes and will add more not less bureaucracy and red tape to approval of new and in many cases, already-approved active transportation projects.

Ontarians do not want another culture war and more division - they want for themselves and their families to be safe on the road.

Ontarians know that easing traffic congestion is about giving people more transportation options, not fewer. We want to achieve net zero for a greener, healthier future and want our communities to be connected so that not every trip to school, to the store, or to work has to be taken by car.

As reported in a recent CBC article, the data is clear, building more car lanes and widening roads does not ease gridlock and building more bike lanes does not make it worse but in fact does the opposite.

We need bike lanes, and we don't want the province saying where they can or can't be built because bike lanes are good for the environment, good for business, for personal and public health and they save lives.

Please listen to residents of this province, the majority oppose this misinformed piece of legislation.