As an Ontarian, I am…

As an Ontarian, I am fundamentally against this proposal.

While not a resident of Toronto, I severely object to the removal of any existing bike lanes in any city in Ontario. I also firmly object to any infrastructure that aims to increase car-centric modes of transportation at the expense of other modes of transportation or transit.

Increasing Ontarians options for transit both in and between our cities across the province is crucial to expanding opportunities for all people who either cannot afford a car or are unable to drive a car. Furthermore, increasing transit options such as mass transit and bicycles is in the best interest of those who do use vehicles, as a plurality of transit options will ease gridlock and traffic congestion in the long term.

If this is the precedent that current Conservative Ontario provincial government wishes to set for our province, then it would immediately lose my vote at both the local and provincial level. This issue intersects with both my own personal interests and fundamental beliefs in how transit should be handled in our country.