YOUR BILL IS BAD AND YOU…

YOUR BILL IS BAD AND YOU SHOULD FEEL BAD.

This will set Toronto's cycling paths BACK at least a decade, destroying improvements that have already been made to the cycling network. Not only that, but Doug Ford is ACTIVELY, WILLFULLY putting the lives of cyclists AT RISK by removing these.

It's akin to removing sidewalks to create more street parking. People have a right to freely move about the city in ways that are SAFE, AFFORDABLE, and NON-POLLUTING.

IN A recent case a 58-year old grandmother who was killed at the corner of Bloor and St George. She was cycling, making a left, and was flattened by a flat-bed truck who was also making a right. A protected corner was subsequently added to the bike lane at that location.

Municipalities, and NOT the province, should make decisions on what kind of bike lanes or road usage they require.

Cyclists are people and they are MORE VULNERABLE than cars and need to be considered as such. Our laws need to center the health and safety of its people, not the effeciency and convenience of cars.