Hello, I wanted to write a…

Hello, I wanted to write a few concerns following the proposal of bill 212:

1 - The bill's name seems intentionally misleading to those who don't/won't bother reading about the details of it, and makes it seem like more of a wedge issue. If you're going for a more casual name for the bill, why not something more honest: "Removing current and potential future bicycle lanes to prioritize car commuters over the safety, time, and money of anyone who desires anything else".

2 - Adding more lanes of traffic (including Highway 413) this way would not only have adverse effects of the goal to reduce congestion, but also cause a myriad of other issues from the car dependency this creates. This includes social isolation, discrimination, more expenses, decline in small businesses, and effects to public health. Strong Towns has made an excellent article highlighting all these issues, which I'll link and recommend reading since it describes perfectly the effects policy making like this has on our cities.

3 - This bill as well as the projects this will spawn will cause huge financial strain on us taxpayers, which is hard to rationalize with the province being in such an immense amount of debt (over 400 billion dollars). If you had to introduce this bill (which you don't), should it not exclude the tearing down of the bike lanes mentioned within it and instead focus on future projects only? I would love to hear back on this, as well as any other notes there might be on what I've written down.