This Bill is detrimental to…

This Bill is detrimental to the future of Toronto and Ontario. A clear overreach from the Province that is only going to exacerbate the car-centric culture responsible for all the negative externalities taxpayers pay on a daily basis. Please repeal the Bill!!

As a Toronto resident, I drive and cycle for utilitarian purposes every day. Before I only used to drive. Now I feel more comfortable riding a bike because the dedicated infrastructure makes me feel safer.

Safety trumps congestion. Period.

All of the progressive cities around the world are investing in safe transportations options for people of all ages and abilities. This Bill is against providing these options just to save a few minutes for a minority of people who drive from the suburbs.

The Minister seems unqualified for his job and does not represent the interests of vulnerable groups or the majority of Toronto residents who do NOT drive. His recent opinion piece on The Toronto Star is clear evidence of his elitism bias assuming everyone experiences his sour commute. There is no evidence bike lanes are actually responsible for added congestion. All the literature and every professional 21st century urbanist can demonstrate that. It is preposterous that all the progress Toronto has made to offer residents safer and environmentally friendly options will be undermined by this Bill.

The Province should have no business with City-owned streets. Let residents and the community be the judges of cycling projects through the proper project-specific consultation processes. Please stop meddling with local affairs and focus on the things that really matter (getting more transit projects realized and keeping highways in a good state). You are creating unnecessary culture wars that are only diving community members more instead of uniting use through positive common causes (e.g. addressing the climate crisis).

Please repeal this Bill!!