Hello: With bike lanes, it…

Hello:

With bike lanes, it is great for the Province to take a leadership role.

On a particle level, decisions on bike lanes should be made at a Riding-by-Riding level after a full public consultation has taken place. After the consultation, a transit study must be undertaken before any work starts on installing bike lanes.

The lesson learned from Toronto regarding bike lanes is:

(1) their use is weather dependent (i.e. - not used in the Winter / rainy days)
(2) they increase gridlock
(3) bike lanes are mainly used by courier services
(4) they pose a hazard to road maintenance
(5) they require expensive and specialized services for cleaning (i.e. - how do you clear snow or leaves or garbage)
(6) these lanes remove space for public parking
(7) they pose a hazard for pedestrians and people with assistive devices.
(8) bike lanes only impact an extremely small segment of society at the expense of the majority)

In a time when there are limited public funds available, are bike lanes the best use of public infrastructure funds?