This legislation is a…

This legislation is a horrible idea. I'm appalled that, as a tax payer, my money would be going towards the removal of existing bike lanes around Toronto. Bike lanes do not cause congestion and research has shown they actually lessen it.

Furthermore, removing bike lanes would make the city less safe for cyclists, who would have no choice but to cycle in the middle of the road instead, making it more dangerous to be a cyclist or driver AND increasing congestion.

Environmentally speaking, this project should not be allowed to go through -- cycling is one of the greenest modes of transportation, and we should be encouraging it, not removing infrastructure that allows it to be more accessible. The removal and reconstruction process that making these changes would require would also emit more toxins than just leaving things as they are would. Also, the construction work required by this proposal would dramatically increase congestion in the short term while not even decreasing it long term, because having bike lanes lessens congestion.

This proposed legislation is disgraceful and I am firmly opposed to it. The province should instead be building more bike lanes to encourage cycling as a mode of transportation that is beneficial to the environment, the flow of traffic, and individual health. I do not support this piece of legislation.