David Ellis
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Cycling, walking, roller skating, or any other way of using your own energy to move and commute is the healthiest solution, for both your own physical and mental health, as well as the health of the planet. Well said Andre !
David Ellis
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Interesting follow-up to this. 'The Progressive Conservative government tabled a bill last week that would require municipalities to ask the province for permission to install bike lanes when they would remove a lane of vehicle traffic. The government has said these bike lanes are contributing to gridlock, a claim critics have disputed.'
However, the province also announced it has already reviewed and propose to remove bike lanes on sections of
Last year I had the privilege of travelling in the Netherlands and seeing firsthand what a city that is not dominated by cars and traffic looks and feels like. The Dutch would never want to go back to their previous noisy, polluted and dangerous streets. The reason most people in North America chose to drive as their main mode of travel is because it is engineered to be the most convenient. It’s also the most expensive especially if you factor in embedded costs such as climate change, crashes, pollution and health impacts.
Trying to solve traffic congestion by making it easier to drive is self defeating because when congestion is reduced more people chose to drive creating more traffic in the long run. It’s a well researched phenomenon called induced demand.
Instead of building a tunnel under the 401 and banning bike lanes let’s invest in improving alternatives to driving. It’s the only viable solution.