I bike everywhere and have…

I bike everywhere and have almost been hit by a car multiple times. People have lost their lives due to the poor bike infrastructure in the city. We need more and better bike lanes, not less of them. We should also not be wasting all the public money that was spent building recent bike lanes by removing them. We are in a world class city and what this bill proposes is a backwards move for Toronto. We need to move forwards towards progress and how can we say we are progressing to a better future if we are making decisions that do the complete opposite?

More and more people are biking. It's an easy, cost effective, quick, environmentally friendly and healthy way for people to move around the city. Does the government think that less people are going to bike if they remove lanes? Absolutely not. People who bike will always bike and we are going to be putting those lives at risk for the benefit of motor vehicles? This bill is an endangerment to the lives of thousands of citizens. People are already dying so please don't go ahead with this bill and cause more deaths. The lives of people are more important than politics or a popularity contest. Have some common sense for once and listen to the people who are directly affected by your decisions, whose lives depend on you. You are directly responsible for our lives so please make the right decision.

There are bigger issues to focus on in this province and this proposal proves to me that your priorities are in the wrong place and that the leadership of this province doesn't care about us. And if you want to focus on solving gridlock? Then actually look at facts and data and take examples from other cities in the world where they've solved it. Not just go off a hunch or do it to gain votes. You can and must do better, please stop embarassing us in front of the world (a tunnel under the 401 really? Everyone thinks we're a joke of a province). Do better!

“You’re nervous when there’s no bike lanes. At least I was. We have to do everything we can to make sure three’s never a death in the city. One death is way too many when it comes to bicycle riders."
- Doug Ford

Is one death really too many to Doug and this government? How about 6 deaths in 2024 in Toronto alone? Stop fooling us and do your job!

Also, you're trying to sneak in an exception of environmental assessment for the 413? Really? You think people are stupid and won't notice? How many controversies is this government going to have? We're done with corruption and done with you playing us for idiots. Like I said before: do better! Have a spine and stand up for what really matters. People are not happy, people are angry. Do your job and do it well. I can't express with words how disappointed and embarrassed I am to live in this province when other parts of the world actually do a good job of governing.