Please read the entire…

Please read the entire comment. Thank you.

I will not provide any supporting documentation or links as I am sure many others will. I assume that you, as government officials, are already well informed on this subject and on this bill. If you are not already well informed, you should be. It is easy to research the topic of traffic congestion and the like. There are a lot of data and well regarded studies and the conclusions are clear. I will let you come to your own conclusions on this topic. It appears you already have - research or not. I will say here that I do not support this bill, I do not support the construction of highway 413, I do not support the removal of any bike lanes, and I'll also throw in here that I do not support the construction, or even the study, of a tunnel under the 401 highway. I do not appreciate my tax dollars, and the tax dollars of my fellow Ontarians, being spent wastefully in ways that will not solve a single problem. Non of this spending will improve traffic and non of it will improve the standard of living and quality of life of the citizens of Ontario. Again, do your research. It is clear. And, there are more pressing issues that we are facing as a province that the government should be focusing on with every resource.

All the spending in this bill is designed to put more cars on the road. More cars going to the same places. To the same places that are already congested. More cars. That's all that this spending will do. More cars everywhere. Good luck finding a parking spot when you finally get somewhere. But, you and I both know this bill has nothing to do with improving traffic. It's political.

You can't improve traffice by putting more cars on the road. So, what is your plan for having fewer cars on the road? Pick a street, any street, in Toronto. Bloor street, Yonge, Dufferin, Avenue, Queen, you name it. What's your plan for having fewer cars on it? Unfortunately, that's what I thought.

I am a reasonable human being. I do not have any political leaning. The way our politics is being practiced today is shameful across the board. It's embarrassing and pathetic actually. It's become a stupid game. A game that solves no problems, ignores big ones, and creates new ones. I am glad that each passing day gets me closer to death because our politics is killing me.

I am a successful middle aged Torontonian. I am also an active and healthy Torontonian. I actually try to be a good person. My commute to the office is roughly 16km each way. Sometimes I drive to and from work - I'm a driver! Sometimes I cycle to and from work - wait, I'm a cyclist! Sometimes I work at home - what, what am I! And, sometimes I drive and cycle to and from other places - wow!

Tell me, when you remove the bike lanes, where will all the bikes go. Well, let me tell you where they'll all go. It's not new. We've been here before. Well, actually, we're still here, we never left - because there aren't enough bike lanes. But that's another conversation. Take me for example, when the bike lanes are removed and I am on my bike, I will be in traffic slowing down all the cars. That is, all the cars that are too afraid to pass a bike. There are a lot of drivers afraid to pass a bike. I see them everywhere. And those cars hold up traffic. Then there are the drivers who don't care about bikes. They will just zoom by cyclists without a care in the world. That is, until one of them finally hits a bike, and injures or kills a cyclist. What happens after you remove the bike lane on Bloor street and a cyclist gets killed on Bloor street? Is the province ready for those law suits. The reason that cyclist is dead is because the province removed the bike lane.

And, continuing with the answer, when I am in my car, all the bikes will be in traffic slowing me and others down. You have to be careful sharing the road with cars and bikes. The roads will be dangerous for cyclists and annoying for motorists because they can't pass a bike or a car that can't pass a bike. And, then, there are plenty of cyclists who will purposely take a whole lane of traffic, as they are legally able to do, just to give a big middle finger to the province. It's already annoying when cyclists do that. I don't do it. But start removing bike lanes and well, I probably will. Because that's just how upsetting this is.

And what about the months, if not years, of traffic while the construction to remove the bike lanes is going on. Can't wait for that. That should be fun. I'm sure when all of this is done, we'll all be getting everywhere faster. Right. Are you going to measure traffic times before and after the removal to see if there is actually an improvement? I'm sure you won't. But don't bother. It's obvious. There won't be any improvement.

I know none of the comments posted here will change anything. It appears your agenda is carved in stone. Our democracy at work. Our government making life worse. Oh, how delightful it would be to see the government actually change course after public feedback. You can delete this now and erase it from your memory.