This is a gross overstep of…

This is a gross overstep of Provincial authority. What the hell does the Province have to do with traffic in the city? If Ford wants to set BIKE LANES in Toronto or other cities, he should run for CITY COUNCIL.

And that is besides the fact this is a stupid policy anyways, written by people who neither live nor regularly commute in the areas he's talking about. I live on Bloor, I generally don't bike, but I see the number of people using it, and it is DEFINITELY a plus to the community. Traffic is not really effected (it has always been congested), and most people should be using public transit on these corridors anyways, given that Yonge and Bloor have SUBWAY LINES. And it will NOT make a dent on traffic. Every study shows the problem is too many cars (and I have one, I'm not just being self serving)! I guarantee you that the majority of people complaining about this are outside of the communities this effects, and simply want a freeway to bypass the communities themselves.

This is why the Provincial Conservatives had to put this legislation forward instead of the city - because the COMMUNITIES want the Bike Lanes. It takes people outside these communities to get people who want to remove these bike lanes despite the fact it removing them would make the places less liveable - all so they can more easily bypass the community on larger roads faster.

Absolutely terrible policy up and down, with a major overstep of provincial powers, to ruin communities to help shore up their voter base elsewhere. Whoever put this forward should take a long hard look in the mirror. If they think this Provincial overstep is worth it, they should remember that the Cons won't be in power forever. Once this door is opened, the suburbs will open itself to the SAME type of overreach, and you can bet the rural & urban communities have a lot of complaints on how the suburbs are run.