Sarkaria (Ontario’s transportation minister) said Friday that only 1.2 per cent of people use those bike lanes to commute to work, compared with 70 per cent who drive, and the lanes are taking away nearly half of the infrastructure on those roads, making commutes longer for drivers.
Why hasn’t anyone challenged the use of that statistic?
Commuting isn’t the only way to use transportation infrastructure and bike lanes, so it’s incredibly dishonest to say that “only 1.2%” are using those particular bike lanes.
If I use bike lanes for 100% of my errands and 0% for commuting, does that invalidate those lanes?
By the same token, at what point would they consider removing sidewalks if people aren’t using them specifically to walk to work?
But what does the mayor think he can do? He literally has no power over provincial government. It is actually the opposite the provincial government has all the power and gives some to the local governments.