Please do not proceed with…

Please do not proceed with this Bill. It has many unintended consequences and as City of Toronto taxpayer, I cannot fathom the amount of unnecessary energy and cost it will take to do this on Bloor, Yonge and University Ave. Not only is the Province is meddling in local planning issues, I fear it is distracting from other more important provincial issues that need to be addressed or that are hidden in other sections of this Bill.

From a planning perspective, less bike lanes do not equate to less congestion. There are countless Torontonians that use the dedicated bike lanes to transport their families and travel to work, and they should be allowed to continue to do this safely. The issue of congestion has resulted from the combination of not making important infrastructure upgrades to the Gardiner and countless other places in the City earlier. The bike lanes are a (municipal) symptom of a much larger (provincial) problem.

The fact that the Bill would, if passed, require the City of Toronto to provide support to facilitate the removal of the bike lanes is perhaps the worst overreach and must be reconsidered at a minimum. Efforts should instead be placed on accelerating highway projects that are already underway and would actually help congestion (401, Gardiner, etc.) than 3 main streets.