I'm appalled that the…

I'm appalled that the government is planning to give itself the power to remove bike lanes that have already been planned, built and paid for by local municipalities, ostensibly to provide the most trivial reductions in driver travel time.

Every study shows that bike lanes increase safety for cyclists and motorists, benefit local businesses, and reduce pollution. The City of Toronto says that response time for first responders has not increased. BIAs are opposed. There is no logical reason to do this, and no data that prove eliminating bike lanes will have a noticeable impact on traffic congestion. Traffic congestion is caused by too many vehicles. Take out the bike lanes and cyclists are still going to be riding in traffic. All those couriers and food deliverers will be in traffic or on the sidewalk.

It's also another example of the premier meddling in Toronto's business—reducing the size of council during an election, destroying Ontario Place, moving the Science Centre on the flimsiest of pretenses to justify building a parking garage for a foreign-owned spa nobody wants. It's time his focus was on finishing transit projects, getting housing built, and ensuring that everyone in Ontario has a family doctor.