I am absolutely opposed to…

I am absolutely opposed to this bill. The title has little to do with the content and disguises the fact that it's intention is to both undermine municipal autonomy when making local transportation-related infrastructure decisions and advance environmentally regressive policy.

Why would a government with any knowledge or conscience legislate the removal of sustainable transit infrastructure? Removing bike lanes will not ease traffic congestion. Having fewer cars on the road will ease congestion. This will only happen by providing reliable, accessible and sustainable transportation alternatives. Investing in bigger roads and destroying alternatives will only put more cars on the road and increase traffic and gridlock.

Many people want viable transportation alternatives and would happily take a bus, bike or other option for their daily commute - but this will only happen if the sitting government doesn't implement an absurdly regressive Act. The alternatives have to be viable for people to use them. You can't chip away at bike infrastructure and then be surprised when there are more cars on the road - increasing traffic.

Bigger roads and thus more cars on the road are not the solution to "gridlock" - not for us today and certainly not for our kids and future generations. Amend this ridiculous Act and propose something that will actually benefit Ontario's population. Do not be remembered as the government that acted in the face of all evidence, common sense and the needs of its people just to give yourselves more power to meddle in municipal affairs and build bigger highways.