As a single parent tax…

As a single parent tax-paying Toronto resident who relies on biking as my primary form of transportation (as well as that of my young kid) to support my livelihood throughout the majority of the year, I am COMPLETELY opposed to Bill 212.

How can you even think of removing bike lanes that exist in Toronto along key corridors when these are essentials for tens of thousands of cyclists. As someone who has previously been hit by a car while I was in a non-separated bike lane and got a concussion despite having a helmet on and obeying the rules of the road, I cannot believe that my life and that of countless cyclists including my young kid is not of value.

How can you value cyclists less than car drivers?

Stop Bill 212. Do not take bike lanes away from cities and do not require cities to apply for additional layers of bureaucracy to provide the best roads for all of their residents.

I pay for those roads and deserve to have my life as well as that of my kid protected. My kid literally begs me to go in the bike lane as I insist she go on the sidewalk because of the level of danger involved in riding on the road, unless it is a completely separated bike lane. What should I tell my kid? The premier of your province wants to get rid of bike lanes because he doesn't care about your life or that of your mother's and that of many cyclists.

Stop Bill 212.