I have been excited for…

I have been excited for years to see the growing network of bike lanes, and even happier as they were made safer by physical barriers. Ten years ago I visited Berlin where everyone rides bikes. They have bike lanes on a marked path on the sidewalk, much like the Martin Goodman trail by the waterfront. Ever since that trip, those sorts of safe bike lanes have been my vision for Toronto. I want so much to see that kind of infrastructure in my city. And Toronto has been moving in that direction, slowly but steadily. Even Scarborough has seen some protected bike lanes, although there are not enough.

Please stop Bill 212. We need bike lanes, and more of them, to have cleaner and safer cities. The way to reduce traffic downtown is to invest in our public transit, which I use on a weekly basis to get downtown. Preventing Ontario cities from building them, and even worse tearing down what already exists, is absolutely the wrong direction.