This proposal blatantly…

This proposal blatantly disregards years of research that show bike lanes do not worsen gridlock. My environmental concerns are the following:

1) this proposal will ensure fewer people ride their bikes in Ontario cities because they will feel unsafe. That means more people in cars, which means more GHG emissions from gas powered cars.

2) Expanding roads ALWAYS leads to more cars using them, not fewer. This will increase traffic and cause worse air pollution from GHG emissions.

3) Potentially destroying bike lanes will lead to air pollution from the construction required to remove them.

4) Constantly pitting drivers and cyclists against each other leads to an antagonistic atmosphere, where drivers feel they don't have to worry about the safety of cyclists or about sharing the road. This will lead to a fundamentally unsafe environment where more cyclists will die in collisions with drivers.

I am appalled at the lack of research in this proposal and further appalled that the leaders in my province seem to be so uncaring about people's lives. Cyclists are currently being killed on our roads. Shame on you all for treating those lives to callously.