This legislation will…

This legislation will endanger cyclists and will result in deaths which the government will be directly responsible for. It is grossly unfair to people who live in the area and cannot afford expensive cars to get around. The downtown Toronto area did not vote for the current Conservative provincial government in the last election and they therefore have no mandate or right to override the decisions of our local elected municipal government. It is estimated that removing these existing bike lanes will cost $48 million making this a poor investment as well as a poor decision all around. There is no evidence that this change (removing existing bike lanes) will improve gridlock at all and in fact will likely likely make it worse as now there will be substantial road construction required and more cars on the road afterwards. The idea to remove these existing bike lanes appears to be solely at the selfish whim of the Premier without any traffic studies or research to justify it (as was done by the city before it first install the lanes).....Only useless anecdotes. The minister of transportation quoted badly outdated 33 year old data from 1991 (saying that only 1.2% of Torontonians commute by bike) when trying to justify this absurd idea. It's obvious that this is a political wedge meant only to ensure the support of the passage of the bill by those who don't even live in the area. The local constituents should have greater say in the matter and the provincial government should stop meddling in municipal matters! This is an abuse of authority.