Good afternoon, I am deeply…

Good afternoon,

I am deeply disappointed with the proposed bill and I am strongly against it, specifically in regards to the bike plane provisions.

First, I am very surprised that a conservative government wants to be so involved in municipal affairs (determining which streets should have a bike lane), resembling a nanny state. I thought the conservative government would be in favour of small government and less intervention in municipal affairs, not the opposite.

Second, removing existing bike lanes is a complete waste of our hard earned money. I am a car driving, taxpaying home-owner. I can understand if additional scrutiny would be placed on new/proposed projects that are funded by the province, but removing existing bike lanes is a complete petty overreaction. I thought that a conservative government who claims to care about safeguarding our tax dollars would have eliminated wasteful spending like this proposal.

Third, the proposal will not aleviate congestion. Study after study has shown that adding car lanes only worsens traffic due to induced demand. Providing alternatives such as public transit and bike lanes is the best way to reduce congestion. This proposed bill makes the Ontario government look like its run by a bunch of amateurs.

Let municipalities make their own infrastructure decisions and cancel this bill!