I am puzzled and…

I am puzzled and disappointed about this piece of legislation. The government has not provided any concrete data and evidence that removing bike lanes will solve traffic congestion in cities like Toronto. There are other reasons that traffic is congested including construction blocking lanes, car drivers including delivery trucks and ride share vehicles blocking intersections and lanes. Removing bike lanes does nothing to meet this government's goal of getting highways built or keeping people safe. Instead removing bike lanes will have a trickle effect of more people now taking cars and clogging roads. Municipal infrastructure issues are a Municipal problem not the province's! This legislation is a complete over reach of provincial power. Cities have a consultation process that seeks their constituents' opinion on things like creating or removing bike lanes.

I personally use bike lanes to commute to work and my safety will be compromised when they are removed. I choose to commute by bike to reduce congestion on the roads, improve my health thereby saving your government money on spending health care dollars on me in the future.

I know this legislation will pass regardless as your government has a majority but I urge you to reconsider other options to reduce gridlock and not to remove bike lanes in the city of Toronto or prevent future ones from being built.