I find it very unfortunate…

I find it very unfortunate that the Government of Ontario feels that it needs to introduce its own approval process to approve bike lanes. I feel that municipalities are better placed to determine whether a bike lane is warranted than the Government of Ontario would be.

If the government is concerned that bike lanes might slow car traffic, why isn’t it also imposing restrictions on bus lanes or streetcar lanes that cannot be used by cars, or perhaps imposing restrictions on lanes where cars are permitted to park that prevent traffic from flowing?

The idea that bike lanes should be restricted to secondary streets would work if secondary streets actually allowed cyclists to reach their destinations. But in very many cases a reasonable route between two locations forces a cyclist to use a major road.

Consider as an example, riding from Yonge and St. Clair to Yonge and Bloor. How would a bike route using secondary streets allow one to make that trip? The lack of secondary streets travelling north and south in that area would force one to follow a circuitous route that would more than double the length of the trip.