Millions sought for Ontario cycling GTA-based coalition calls for safer roadways, more transit integration

Ontario needs to invest more bucks in bikes if it's going to reap the benefits of better health and cleaner air, and $20 million is a good place to start, says a Burlington-based cycling advocate.

"When we take a step back and look at what other provinces are doing – Quebec with their $200 million investment; B.C. with $31 million and the (U.S.) has spent $1.5 billion in the last year on cycling – $20 million seemed like a good place to begin," said Eleanor McMahon.

She founded the Share the Road Cycling Coalition three years ago after her husband, OPP Sgt. Greg Stobbart, was killed when he was clipped by a vehicle's side mirror while cycling off-duty.

McMahon's coalition is recommending the $20 million be allocated out of revenues from Ontario's upcoming Harmonized Sales Tax. It hopes to see a municipal building fund to create safer cycling infrastructure.

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