The provincial government…

The provincial government should not be encroaching on the jurisdiction of municipalities, especially to limit Ontarian’s growing freedom of choice in the ways they travel. Bike lanes such as these, and all across the province, provide people safe and efficient ways to travel by bike. A proper society gives residents a reasonable choice of how they would like to travel and removing/limiting bike lanes is forcing more people into cars and increasing gridlock. Cars are one of the least efficient ways of moving mass amounts of people and many cities are realizing that there just isn’t the geometry to move this many people if everyone is forced into cars. Maintaining bike lanes Is also much cheaper per capita than roads. We need bike lanes, consistent transit infrastructure, and safe walking options, more than we need more drivers on the road.