I vehemently oppose the Bill…

I vehemently oppose the Bill, as written. It boggles my mind why, in the 21st century, we want to be prioritizing motor vehicle traffic, with all of its negative environmental, safety, and health impacts, rather than making neighbourhoods better for walking, biking, and taking the bus, which are all better for the people using them -- and for everyone else in the community! -- than single-occupancy cars.

I would be impressed with the Ford government if they could turn bike lanes, and transportation policy in general, from an example of identity politics to an example of evidence-based policymaking. The government would win big points with everyone, of every political stripe, if they followed the evidence. We do not need to reinvent the wheel. Look around the world at other "world class cities" -- Paris, London, NYC, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo -- and figure out what works and what doesn't. It has been proven time and time again that "if you build it, they will come" applies to non-car infrastructure. The idea that we are somehow different than the rest of the world is a strange one. Even Scandinavia is doing this, and their winters are like ours!

Please, turn this into something that even your more left-of-Conservative constituents will need to celebrate, instead of some regressive pro-car thing out of the 50s. We own a car and we own bikes, and we use both. Become "pro-transportation", not "pro-car".