To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
WHEREAS the Ontario government has passed legislation that will block the installation of bike lanes not approved by the Ministry of Transportation where motor vehicle lanes would have to be reduced;
WHEREAS these changes would severely limit the ability of municipalities across the province to expand their networks of safe and protected active transportation lanes;
WHEREAS in communities across Ontario, people are looking for healthier, safer, more vibrant and more environmentally conscious ways of travelling.
We the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to:
- retract any legislation that could prevent municipalities, who know the local context of their communities best, from
having the ability to build life-saving active transportation without prior approval from the Province or the Ministry of
Transportation; - immediately stop the government’s attack against life-saving active transportation infrastructure.