Hello! I am an Ontario…

Hello! I am an Ontario resident residing in Toronto (York).

I wish to comment on the proposed Bill 212, the “Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act", and voice my oppoisition to it.

Given the nature of rapid climate change and its effect on the food chain, extreme weather events, forest fires and population migration, I feel it is unwise to oppose any effort to increase the number of Canadians using non-vehicular forms of transportation. Bike lanes keep cyclists, and increasingly users of electric scooters safe from vehicle traffic, reducing the number of cars on the road and the amount of CO2 gas emitted into our atmosphere. Reducing the number of cars on the road is the only way to reduce the gridlock the province and GTA in particular are experiencing - the bill falsley presents cyclists as a cause.

Furthermore, I believe traffic management and road planning is best handled by the municipality where much more scrutiny can be applied. Cities and towns have a flow to them that isn't always apparent to outsiders, and their traffic planners are in the best place to decide when and where to install bike lanes.

Lastly, the use of this bill to push Highway 413 without appropriorately taking the time to do a full and transparent environmental assessment is unhelpful at best.

For these reasons, I oppose Bill 212.

Sincerely,

A Toronto, Ontario resident.