The provincial government…

The provincial government shouldn't be adding red tape and bureaucracy to municipal governments' ability to address local transportation options. Bike lanes are essential transportation routes for thousands of people daily in Toronto, including myself. The removal of bike lane infrastructure has detrimental effects on the basic standards of safety for cyclists. This bill is prioritizing vehicles' ability to get through a city faster over cyclists' personal safety.

Despite claims that bike lanes slow traffic down and are underutilized, they have the opposite effect. Bike lanes reduce the need for people to drive, which means fewer cars on the road.

Bike lanes also make driving easier. I would much rather drive next to cyclists in dedicated lanes than have cyclists weave in and out of traffic. Removing bike lanes will not reduce the number of cyclists on the road.

Even if, by some backward logic, the claim that "bike lanes slow down traffic in the city" were true, what's still the better outcome here? Drivers arriving at their destination 5 minutes faster OR cyclists arriving at their destination alive?

To be clear: I do not support Bill 212.