Bill 212 will make downtown…

Bill 212 will make downtown and Toronto worse and less accessible, not to mention it goes against all the efforts to modernize the city and fight climate change.
Under the premise of reducing gridlock, the bill is based on incorrect assumptions and ignores all existing data and examples from other cities of all sizes that succeeded in implementing alternatives to cars. Not to mention the lives lost this year for car-focused infrastructure.

Additionally, changes regarding environmental assessments on Highway 413 are a treat to our environment. The highway will be built on highly sensitive land and without proper evaluation and planning will cause a great amount of damage to Ontario’s fauna and flora.

Bill 212 is a backwards approach to “reducing” gridlock which will have the complete opposite effect: gridlock will become worse as fewer people will bike and more will drive, public safety will be worse, the environment will be senselessly, irreparably destroyed.