Bill 212 is an affront to…

Bill 212 is an affront to democracy. Our elected city councillors have chosen to support cycling in Toronto. Interference in the working of our city democracy is offensive.

Removing bike lanes will come at a great cost to the people of Toronto. The cost of removing them is significant and wasteful.
The resulting construction creating still more traffic delay on Bloor is painful to contemplate.

I feel for families who have purchased bicycles to transport young children, only to no longer have safe routes to travel. A wasted investment.
So many companies, large and small, as well as individuals have invested in bikes to transport their goods - Sephora, FedEx, local coffee distributors. They will suffer, as will the companies who are selling these vehicles.

With pressure to return to moving by car and truck I shudder to think how much congestion Bill 212 will create. And potentially how much frustration condo owners will experience when they find cycling less viable and car parking unavailable in their condo.

Bill 212 is taking transportation backwards and defies progressive trends. Ontario transportation is already an embarrassment with the unfinished Eglinton line. Bill 212 does not distract us; it simply reinforces that the Conservative government has no progressive vision for transportation and only wants to return to the past.