I live in Toronto and I am…

I live in Toronto and I am very accustomed to gridlock and traffic. I get around the city by walking, transiting, biking, and driving my car. I am very frustrated with this misguided idea that bike lanes are causing the congestion in cities and not the lack of investment in public and inter-city transit. In fact, more bike lanes means more people getting around the city by biking and less unnecessary cars on the road.

As a driver, I am so concerned that this barrier for municipalities to install bike lanes will make less bike lanes possible meaning more cars on the road. Bikers will still need to use the road and without bike lanes they will be more vulnerable and much more likely to be injured by cars.

Also, biking is more affordable than driving. There are so many people who cannot afford or do not want a car while living in a city. Bike lanes give everyone access while keeping everyone safer.

This government's dogmatic anti-science-based policies based on removing access for people is infuriating. Just leave the bike lanes alone and invest in the things Ontario citizens have been asking for forever: Greenbelt and nature protections, better transit, and for Doug Ford to stop giving taxes away to his friends' businesses!