The underlying notion of…

The underlying notion of this legislation is that bike lanes shouldn't take away lanes for cars and assumes that bike lanes somehow contribute to traffic congestion. This is not true or factual. This assumption may be extended to infer that streetcars slow traffic. In fact, a street car or bus full of people are not slowing down car traffic, but individuals in cars are slowing down street cars and buses full of people. It might be annoying to sit in traffic and see a little used bike lane as cyclists fly by, but that annoyance can be rectified by getting out of your car.

A second consequence of this legislation is that somehow the provincial government feels the need to interfere with the infrastructure and urban planning of a municipality, which they are ill-equipped to do. The premier and his caucus should be reminded to work for the people of the province of Ontario and not the city of Toronto.