As a resident of Downtown…

As a resident of Downtown Toronto I want transit option that work for me. This means that I want bike lanes so I can safely get to work or take my kids to their activities. Driving downtown Toronto is no longer a primary option, we have transit, bicycles and walking. Removing bike lanes endangers commuter lives. It places safety and lives of those in cars above the safety and lives of those riding bicycles.

Removal of bike lanes stunts growth of bicycle commuting that we have experienced with the advent of affordable e-bikes. It is a waste of tax payers money and it does not respect the needs of those who live and pay taxes in places like downtown Toronto to have safe and affordable transportation. It is an act of denial by those unwilling to accept that Ontario cities are changing. Toronto is more dense and it needs transport alternatives to cars, something that this government is failing to deliver and this legislation is another example of the complete short sightedness. Places like Toronto do not become unlivable, because cars cannot get around, they become unlivable when governments like this Ontario government fail to accept that the world is changing and there new ways of doing things.