Hi there, I'm writing to…

Hi there,

I'm writing to urge parliament to oppose Bill 212. I think it isn't evidence based, and is born out of spite, cruelty, or at least to garner some short-sighted political points while core services like transit, healthcare and education fester.

This is over-reach. This is ignorant. I fear for our shared future.

Accelerating the highway 413 project is taking Ontario in the wrong direction. You can't 'one more lane bro, pls' your way out of traffic congestion. Adding another highway is just going to add more vehicles to the system. China is the king of highways, and they made one so long and wide, that when it jammed, it tied up people for 12 days. I'm just saying that more lanes don't mean less traffic. Finding more space efficient modes is the key. Transit, Transit, Transit. This was true 70 years ago, and it's true today. All major cities design for this, and places like Toronto need to be able to do the same. I live in Peterborough, and there in't even and Express Go bus to Oshawa station....and the Province is talking about another highway. shake my head.

Then, the idea that bike lanes cause congestion. There isn't a place on earth where this has been proven - even it Toronto.

When the GTA is stuck in one big perpetual traffic jam, unable to take transit because it doesn't exist, with no bike lanes to remove...what will happen then. What to remove then? Driving bans based on license plates? Look a the end game. Look to Paris, London, Chicago, Bogota (Barrios Vitales) etc.

Please, for our future, don't do this.