I live in Ontario - but not…

I live in Ontario - but not Toronto. I did live in Toronto for 5 years. During that 5 years I never once rode a bike or drove a car on any of Bloor, Yonge or University. I did ride the subway in to these places daily. Toronto is a large city, and Ontario is an even larger province. Transportation matters pertaining to individual streets in a particular city is a municipal matter, not a provincial one. Creating new red tape and regulation that hinders municipalities from making decisions in their best interest, in the way described in this Bill, is a clear case of government overreach.

I no longer live in Toronto, and I did not pay for the construction of the bike lanes on these streets. If Torontonians decide that these bike lanes aren't working for them, they can decide to have them removed at their own expense. Why should I have to pay for their removal through my provincial taxes?

There was gridlock before the bike lanes, and there will be gridlock after they are removed. Gridlock is caused by excessive levels of vehicle traffic. The solution to traffic is higher capacity forms of transportation such as walking, cycling and especially public transit. Optimize for the number of *people* using a roadway (not the number of vehicles) and you'll be able to move more people. Cars are an incredibly space inefficient, low-capacity way to move people around the the downtown of our largest and most important city. Please pick a way of reducing gridlock that will actually work.