re proposed Bill 212: The…

re proposed Bill 212: The most effective way for managing the traffic issues in a municipality is from the municipal government who know and have direct knowledge of the problems, issues and impacts, and the needs of the City's citizens. Many studies locally and internationally, and several cities across the world, e.g. Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Seattle, Portland, Ottawa to name a few, have shown that bike lanes have proven to be effective in reducing traffic gridlock and keeping people moving, because bike lanes are not exclusive to bicycles, but for multi-mode transportation. Most cyclists also drive cars, so if you remove bike lanes, these people will use their cars instead and hence, exacerbate the traffic congestion. Therefore, the government of Ontario should not interfere with the municipality's well thought-out planning and implementation of bike lanes (in my case Toronto and the GTA). Municipal governments are better equipped in decision making regarding local traffic congestion. Therefore, I am against the proposed Bill 212.