Removing bike lanes and…

Removing bike lanes and preventing new bike lanes from being installed with set back years of progress when it comes to public transit. Removing bike lanes to widen road lanes will not speed up traffic, it will only induce more demand for cars, bringing more cars into the city, and increasing congestion, pollution, and noise. This bill would also increase the red tape around installing new bike lanes, making it much harder for cities to make changes. The current bike network is far from a complete system so it makes sense that ridership is currently low, we don’t have the infrastructure to support a higher ridership, so the solution is adding more bike infrastructure, not taking it away. More people biking will also mean less people driving, so congestion will get better. People on bikes also stop at stores more often than people in cars, so it boosts local economies. Bikes also have 0 carbon emissions, so it’s better for the environment. Toronto is already way too car dependent and this bill will only increase the reliance on cars. This bill needs to be thrown out.