I agree with the intent of…

I agree with the intent of Bill 212. In my area (Kitchener-Waterloo) bicycle lanes have been in place for years and go largely unused, even in warm spring and summer months and even in areas that should attract large numbers of riders (around the universities and schools.) They have been place for years and the public has spoken through non-use: They are an answer to a question only a very small cycling lobby group and activist regional and city council and staff asked.

I support implementing multi-use walking and cycling paths through parks and "hydro cuts" etc, modifying existing sidewalks into multi-use pathways and implementing cycling lanes in downtown cores where they might actually be used and where vehicular traffic volume is low; that is, where such lanes make sense.

I do not support carving bicycle lanes out of major city traffic arteries, especially when it has been demonstrated that such lanes do not get people out of cars and which thus contribute to the problem of traffic snarls by reducing lane bandwidth.

Thank you for this bill. I look forward to its passage.