Bike lanes, when properly…

Bike lanes, when properly separated from car traffic and connected throughout a city, are an excellent way to reduce car traffic as they encourage an alternate form of transportation. There should be more dedicated bike lanes, none should be removed and car users should face appropriate costs for the infrastructure that their chosen form of transportation requires. As the taxing system works now, there is very little burden put on car drivers to pay for the infrastructure they depend on to drive. As a car driver who commutes to work daily, I think I should be burdened with the true cost of my commute, which would include paying for roads and their maintenance, but also to pay the cost of the land that could be better used for other purposes or returned to nature, and I want to pay for the profound damage my choice to drive is causing to both local and global environments. Biking does a small fraction of the damage driving does, takes up a small fraction of the space driving does and maintenance requires a small fraction of what car infrastructure requires. If all tax paying Ontarians must contribute to the road infrastructure, then the needs of all Ontarians should be met. Bicycle infrastructure is a public good and should be widely adopted, encouraged and supported by governments at all levels. To continue down the path of cars as the ideal method of transportation is madness, when all of the impacts of that method of transportation are considered. Please alter or cancel this proposal as is.