Dear Premier Ford, I wish to…

Dear Premier Ford,

I wish to express my opposition to the passing of Bill 212 which would eradicate specific bike lanes in Downtown Toronto and require the City to ask permission from the Province to create new bike lanes..
Not only is this an outrageous waste of tax payers money, but the narrative being given that it will create less gridlock for traffic is absolute nonsense.

The City of Toronto Council has done extensive research about transit in the City, whereas the so called "research" that the Province is claiming on this issue is sorely lacking. In fact many of their statistics about the use of bike lanes is completely out of date.

Why is the Province pursuing such a regressive measure instead of moving forward with the times? The number of people who rely on cycling not just to commute but for daily tasks and or recreation has increased dramatically. More effort and should be put into how to improve and increase public transit, and to decrease the number of cars (often with one passenger) coming into the downtown core.

Thank you.