Yesterday we learned that the Ford government is doubling down on its anti-bike lane legislation, just days after it was universally panned by witnesses at the committee studying the Bill.
Bike Ottawa presentation to the committee studying Bill 212
Bike Ottawa presented the following as our deputation to the Ontario Standing Committee on Heritage, Infrastructure and Cultural Policy.
Bill 212 (The Bill to Remove Bike Lanes, Promote Government Overreach Into Municipal Affairs, Waste Money, and Make Our Streets Less Safe)
From the government’s draft legislation and framework, Bill 212 would enable provincial approval for new bike lanes on municipal roads requiring removal of a traffic lane and for existing ones, where a traffic lane was removed.
Who’s privileged?
We hear a lot about “privileged cyclists” on social media, especially from people complaining about cyclists on the roads and (ironically) the existence of separated bike lanes that keep cyclists off the roads.