Tp 13732e
Jan. 16, 2013 Ministry of Transport
The purpose of this correspondence is to better supply input to the Cycling Strategy Study being assembled by the MOT with a specific focus on safety factors that affect older riders that put them more at risk on traditional bicycles than younger riders. I ride an escooter and have chosen this mode of transportation based on many of the observations outlined in this letter. Who I am Andy McKenna 46 Redwillow Dr, Toronto, ON. M3A 2L1 Married, 32 years with 2 adult children I am 58 years old. I am a white collar professional with a University Education. A home owner in Toronto with many years of paying the taxes that built the infrastructure that I am now having to fight to have access too. My employment history, worked my way through university, 4 years with Burroughs, 12 years with HP, 10 years running a company I co-founded and 10 years selling Computer Software. My Qualifications to provide Input for your report Riding bikes of course since I was 4 Motocross Bikes (4 yrs) at 12 Street Motorcycles at 16 (4 years) Professional Class Motorcycle Roadracer (12 years), Roadracing at venues like Mosport with eventual world ranking of 40th in 1979 FIM Grand Prix 750 campaign. Training aspiring Roadracers and competing in the Canadian Nationals PRO 500 class in 1994 Driving Cars & Trucks (Largest being 20’, 40 yrs.) Started riding 21 speed Mountain Bikes again in March 2012 quickly followed by my 1st escooter Stakeholders There are many of course, even the pedestrian and 2 wheeled groups have longstanding, well funded organizations that are actively lobbying to both promote their cause and it seems to try and influence Governments at all levels restrict the use of ebikes with it seems an unusual specific focus on escooters. If unopposed and successful, they
will reduce the legal range of escooters and add layers of cost for their operation in ways that will likely damage the eBike industry enough to effectively destroy it in
The purpose of this correspondence is to better supply input to the Cycling Strategy Study being assembled by the MOT with a specific focus on safety factors that affect older riders that put them more at risk on traditional bicycles than younger riders. I ride an escooter and have chosen this mode of transportation based on many of the observations outlined in this letter. Who I am Andy McKenna 46 Redwillow Dr, Toronto, ON. M3A 2L1 Married, 32 years with 2 adult children I am 58 years old. I am a white collar professional with a University Education. A home owner in Toronto with many years of paying the taxes that built the infrastructure that I am now having to fight to have access too. My employment history, worked my way through university, 4 years with Burroughs, 12 years with HP, 10 years running a company I co-founded and 10 years selling Computer Software. My Qualifications to provide Input for your report Riding bikes of course since I was 4 Motocross Bikes (4 yrs) at 12 Street Motorcycles at 16 (4 years) Professional Class Motorcycle Roadracer (12 years), Roadracing at venues like Mosport with eventual world ranking of 40th in 1979 FIM Grand Prix 750 campaign. Training aspiring Roadracers and competing in the Canadian Nationals PRO 500 class in 1994 Driving Cars & Trucks (Largest being 20’, 40 yrs.) Started riding 21 speed Mountain Bikes again in March 2012 quickly followed by my 1st escooter Stakeholders There are many of course, even the pedestrian and 2 wheeled groups have longstanding, well funded organizations that are actively lobbying to both promote their cause and it seems to try and influence Governments at all levels restrict the use of ebikes with it seems an unusual specific focus on escooters. If unopposed and successful, they
will reduce the legal range of escooters and add layers of cost for their operation in ways that will likely damage the eBike industry enough to effectively destroy it in