My husband and I are totally…

My husband and I are totally against this Bill. We are over 80 and we still ride our bicycles in Ottawa. We absolutely depend on bike lanes for our safety. Removing them will not only endanger our lives but also the lives of our family, friends and people who use these lanes daily for work and other activities. The lanes are often very busy - do you have any idea how many people use these lanes for daily travel? When you think of all these people in cars, we know the roads will be even more congested! Research has proven that removing bike lanes and widening roads increases congestion.

We need to drastically reduce our carbon emissions. Encouraging biking and making it safe will take cars off the roads, thus reducing our carbon emissions. It is a waste of tax payer money to remove bike lanes. Businesses will suffer from reduced traffic. Biking is an inexpensive way to travel - we should be encouraging this not stopping it. We need more options to help us get around, not fewer.

Furthermore and with emphasis, the provincial government has no business meddling in municipal decisions - these ae always best left to the local level. Put your money into areas that will make a huge difference to poeple's lives: e.g. affordable housing and public health care.