A few months ago I was…

A few months ago I was riding my bike on church street in downtown Toronto to commute to work when I fell off my bike when my bike wheel got stuck in a street car track. I hurt my needs really badly and a passerby had to stop to help me move away from the middle of the street. I had to Uber home with the help of my partner and could not walk or stand on my feet for days. Even after a few months now my knees are still in pain. Have there been bike lanes placed in church and Wellesley street area I wouldn't have had to cause irreparable damage to my knees. Downtown Toronto is bike friendly, not the most bike friendly but bike friendly enough that someone like me who relies on bikes as the main form of commute have decided to move here. I believe policies should encourage people to live healthier lives. I get my daily dose of exercise through biking but with removal of bike lanes and with my negative experience of biking on non-bike lane roads, I don't know if I can continue biking. Biking is exercise and thus beneficial for one's health, it is affordable, and it helps the environment by not adding to the air, light, and noise pollution. Policies should help maintain and increase such nobel activities as opposed to stopping them