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we heard very clearly that it increases active transportation use, especially for families, for seniors and for women.

We heard from many very articulate speakers yesterday and a whole range of experiences from small business owners, families, health professionals, academics, seniors, cycling advocates. We've heard from scooter and micro mobility folks too. What is really clear is that building safe active transportation lanes improves road safety for everyone.

And in our term of governing, we have a limited number of these moments where we are making a very clear decision about planning for the future or moving backwards. I see that we are not going to be planning for a bold future here. I hear all of the what I will call excuses and spin here.

We're going to add parking back. We're going to have a gradual approach. Broadway is going to remain a crappy street for a while.

And it's going to continue to be unsafe for scooters and bikes for quite a while. I bike these routes every week. I don't need someone to explain the traffic safety concerns to me.

I live them. So do many of the speakers that we heard from. There's no better time than now to be doing this work.

It is not going to get easier. It is absolutely not going to get any cheaper. And so I will just say this is a major missed opportunity.