This is another example of a…

This is another example of a complete waste of taxpayer dollars from our current government.

Bike lanes keep bicyclists, pedestrians, and drivers safer - if one death or serious injury is prevented then they have paid for themselves as far as I am concerned.

I was born in Scarborough, have lived in Downtown Toronto since 2013, and have owned a vehicle since 2014. Without a doubt, areas with bike lanes, as a driver, offer more certainty as to how other vehicles and bicycles are going to move, resulting in a better flow of traffic and reduced likelihood of other vehicles attempting to overtake a vehicle from a lane that might be blocked from a parked or turning vehicle, or a bicyclist that is legally moving along in the right hand lane but at a slower speed than the flow of vehicle traffic.

I will actively go out of my way when driving throughout the city to take a street that has bike lanes, ESPECIALLY along bloor. Just this morning, it was faster for me, according to Google maps, to get to my appointment in Scarborough from Parkdale by taking Bloor rather than the Gardiner. 40 minutes, as opposed to the 50+ it would have taken on the Garinder.

The City of Toronto has spent millions (if not billions?) improving infrastructure for the city, to include more green options for individuals to take to reduce vehicle traffic - as any modern global city has done. So why send us backwards and make the City a laughing stock around the world? This proposed legislation will only serve to increase the amount of gridlock in the city by increasing construction and encouraging more individuals to drive into the city from the extremities of the GTA, rather than taking services such as the GO Train.

The province should stay in its own lane, and let the City govern over matters that are directly impacting its constituents. If the Premier wants to be the mayor of Toronto so badly, he should try running again.