I am an Ottawa resident who…

I am an Ottawa resident who lives in Kingston for the school year while I attend Queen's. I say this because I felt betrayed when I was informed about this proposed policy. This policy is regression at its finest, as bike lanes are vital to any community or city. Bike lanes are the reason why I've gone biking in Ottawa, except for some residential neighborhoods, they are necessary infrastructure for any major road for bikers to not feel like their lives are constantly threatened. This is not how we should incentivize healthy, low-emission, low cost, and a low congestion mode of transportation. There are already not nearly enough bike lanes in cities in Ontario to make biking accessible to most of the population. So it is insane to think that we should limit them? From any perspective you take (economic, urban planning, social, health, etc.), increasing the percentage of bikers in a city is a phenomenal policy. I hope you help people and do not follow selfish political interests.