Bill 60 - Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 – Modern Transportation – Prohibiting Vehicle Lane Reduction for New Bicycle Lanes

The government is seeking public feedback on proposed legislative and regulatory changes under the Fighting Delays, Building Faster Act, 2025 to streamline the construction of new homes and infrastructure (e.g., water, wastewater, roads, transit), reduce gridlock, enhance community safety, and improve landlord-tenant frameworks.

​​What we are proposing

​​Legislative Amendments

​​Schedule 5 of Bill 60 proposes amendments to the Highway Traffic Act (HTA) that would prohibit municipalities from reducing motor vehicle lanes when installing, implementing or marking new bicycle lanes.

The amendments would also create regulation-making authorities to allow the Minister to prescribe additional prohibited activities and to provide exemptions from the prohibition.

Finally, amendments would provide the Minister with greater discretion when determining municipal reimbursement for the existing bicycle lane review framework (related to requested information and support).

​Environmental Implications

The proposed changes are intended to keep people and goods moving by creating more capacity on roads for vehicles and drivers. Traffic and congestion are a major source of air pollution especially in urban areas.

Additional environmental implications will be considered as proposed regulations are developed.

Regulatory Impact

The proposed legislation applies to municipalities upon Royal Assent with municipalities expected to align new bicycle lane plans with the proposed legislative requirements. At this time, there are no additional regulatory impacts.

As all that is required of municipalities is to align new bicycle lane plans with the legislative requirements, with no further regulatory burdens, compliance costs are not quantifiable at this time.