This bill 212 is terrible…

This bill 212 is terrible and does the opposite of what it proposes.

BIKE LANES ARE GOOD!

- Bike lanes REDUCE traffic and every study ever conducted on them proves this.
- Bike lanes are good for business. After foot traffic, the number one source of customers to Toronto storefronts are cyclists. This is because it's easy for them to hop off and buy something as they're riding past. Cars account for the least amount of business.
- Protected bike lanes are some of the most affordable infrastructure. Installing them can be done overnight and, since bikes aren't heavy, they don't need to be maintained anywhere near as much as roads.
- Bike lanes save lives. Protected bike lanes not only protect cyclists, they protect pedestrians from cars that would have otherwise hopped the curb onto the sidewalk.
- Properly designed bike lanes provide a route for emergency vehicles to take even during heavy traffic. This means an ambulance can get a patient to the hospital even during rush hour.
- Cycling is an incredibly popular way to get around the city. Ride share bike stations are plentiful and see lots of usage. The fastest Uber Eats deliveries downtown are made on bicycles.

THIS BILL IS BAD!

- Without safe bike lanes, more people will choose to drive and the streets will remain congested. This has a huge impact on people who need to drive for their job; delivery vehicles, taxies and ubers, transit busses, etc. They will be slowed by all the single occupant vehicles that could have been bikes instead.
- This is extreme over reach and does not respect municipal governments. It's also clearly only targets Toronto.
- This is a smoke screen to jam through bill 413 without environmental reviews, giving the province increased expropriation powers so they can take homes without argument, notice, or appeal.
- It shifting tow truck regulations back to the wild west.
- It's naked cronyism, which is illegal.
- It pisses off everyone in Toronto. Even people who drive (but live in the city) understand the benefits of better bike, transit and pedestrian infrastructure on soothing traffic issues.