Horrible idea. The idea that…

Horrible idea. The idea that you can have a bustling, lively, busy area, that is car-first and also doesn't have a lot of traffic, is a total fantasy. It's never been done and this act will not do it. It will put more bikes in car lanes, slowing them down. It will put more cars on the road, slowing them down. Take a look at any existing 2 lane road without bike lanes. There is only ever a single lane of car movement, and the righthand lane is always, ALWAYS, either parked/stopped cars and/or cyclists. But any research or assessment of existing roadways would show this, so I assume this is known information which is somehow not sufficient. If you want less traffic, you need other, non-car ways of getting people moving.

Further, there are serious costs associated with this, making it fiscally irresponsible and a total waste of taxpayer money.

Another issue is the big government overreach that this necessarily entails. Why should all communities in the whole province be planned under the same set of rules? Are small towns just little versions of a big city? Is a big city just a large version of a small town? The idea that the province thinks that they should be the same thing makes absolutely no sense.

Unless there's some predilection towards construction for construction's sake, the bike lane removal will slow down traffic, after which cyclists in car lanes will slow down traffic further. I have not begun to mention how much more dangerous this will make roads for cyclists, which is surely something to worry about, if you've ever seen how many cyclists use these lanes during busy hours, it would be no small thing for which this government would be responsible.

There is an interesting confluence here as well of giving permission to blatantly ignore environmental assessment for highway 413 and the environmental impact of discouraging cycling, and encouraging car use. This government's disregard for environmental concerns is concerning, and something which I vehemently oppose.

Remember every time you got stuck behind a cyclist in your car going much slower than you wanted to. This is the future of traffic, this is exactly what you are voting for, and exactly what you wanted, and exactly what you are going to get. Just don't say you didn't know!