Bill 212 – a common sense…

Bill 212 – a common sense proposal.

Bike-lanes slow traffic to a crawl on Bloor St, for example between Old Mill and South Kingsway in the afternoon, while there are hardly any bikers riding there. You can see it on Google maps, but you have to experience it to really understand it. TTC buses are also stuck in this single slow lane. Only a few minutes delay bike-lane advocates say, but here and there, in both direction, and every day, extra commute time adds up to hours and hours in traffic, and pollution. Also, single lanes make it more difficult to find parking spots to visit local businesses.

Cars can share traffic lanes with bikes, but bike-lanes once carve out and separated from the road, cannot be used by anyone else.

Who is going to use these bike-lanes during the long winter months?

In some places, because the road is wide enough, there could be three lanes for car traffic so that at least in one direction ease the traffic congestion, but the road surface is carefully divided by markings, posts, and planters so that its unavailable.

Measure real traffic flow, and the number of people using the street, before carving out bike-lanes on roads.