I understand the desire to…

I understand the desire to address volume of traffic on Ontario roads, however, a key element your proposal has missed is providing transportation options that get drivers off the roads and streets. Bicycle lanes do precisely that - give commuters safe and accessible lanes to get to work or to appointments/ destinations.
Invest in public transit- trains can carry commuters.
The proposals seem to place all priority and assumed productivity on people inside of vehicles. That is a very narrow view.
Look at Copenhagen, Amsterdam and other progressive sustainable urban transport models.
Also - proposals show considerable over-reach of provincial government power into the affairs of municipalities. Will the Ford government create yet another layer of bureaucracy and impair the efficiency of local governments?
As a province, let’s move forward and encourage, rather than hinder, local municipal solutions to local transportation issues. I have no sympathy whatsoever for Mr Ford who believes productivity across Ontario is at stake when he himself is frustrated by being caught in traffic in his region. Try cycling to work Mr Ford. Or try transit.