This is ill-considered and…

This bill is ill-considered and foolish. It's going in the opposite direction of where transportation funds should be going. What a waste of tax money and provincial oversight. Do you have any idea how many fraudsters are making off with people's hard-earned housing deposits? Focus on improving the home development industry and mass transportation to communities instead of this navel-gazing nonsense.

Cyclists do not cause gridlock: there would be no gridlock if there were no cars. If you improve urban planning, then the cyclists don't have to be anywhere near cars and there's no need for increased municipal appropriations. This province is just showing it has no genuine plan for infrastructure beyond the GTA.

Bike lanes save lives. They make it easier and cheaper to get around cities and towns and reduce traffic congestion. There are countless nonpartisan studies saying exactly these things (see link). People have become inured to comfort and think that the slightest inconvenience like a cyclist or pedestrian or road crossing justifies their road rage. "Oh it's so uncomfortable to have a bike lane near my house!" We don't need road wars. We need public education on how to act like a civilized society where people can respect the rules and follow them on the road, pedestrians and car drivers alike.

Ontario is huge. You can't be everywhere at once and to have this kind of oversight. It just means more government bloat; way more people will need to be hired for this petty administrative nonsense. Stop it. Let the municipalities run their own operations and leave the cyclists alone.