As an Ontario resident, I…

As an Ontario resident, I commuted everywhere by biked during the 8 years I lived in Toronto and now I'm doing the same living in Ottawa.

I witnessed first hand how dangerous Toronto commuting was before the current bike lanes were put in place and how their installation made biking more safe and popular. Going back and ripping out those valuable pieces of infrastructure (built with our taxpayer money!) simply doesn't make sense, to name a few reasons:

- Every bike on the road is one less car - helping alleviate gridlock
- Safe bike infrastructure means fewer accidents - which alone is a good enough reason, but it also means less pressure on our already stretched first responders and healthcare system
- More bikes on roads means less air and noise pollution
- More exercise means better mental and physical health - which once again reduces the load on the healthcare system

Furthermore, I believe traffic management and road planning is best handled by the municipality where much more local data can be collected and scrutiny applied. City traffic planners are in the best place to decide when and where to install bike lanes.

For these reasons, I oppose Bill 212.