Newspaper columnist Scott Young also opposed the ban, but for different reasons, decrying a city where children were deprived of "one of life's early wonders." He added that [we] would be better led if the mayor developed some positive ideas on how to make life safer for young bike riders." Young, father of twelve-year-old Neil (soon to be a rock star), proposed that dedicated space be set aside for cyclists, including bike paths along roads. He noted that many busy streets had shoulders or boulevards wide enough to accommodate such paths. He called for motorists to be taught to refrain from dangerous practices, such as brushing past cyclists. (In 2015, the province articulated in law an obligaton for motorists passing cyclists to leave, was nearly as may be practicable," at least one metre of clearance, The law is, however, rarely enforced.)

— Wheeling Through Toronto by Albert Koehl (Page 146)