Bike Lanes are important. I…

Bike Lanes are important. I live downtown and I would be using my car if I did not have safe bike lanes. The bike infrastructure down town has really encouraged me to bike more instead of use my car. I use my car when I am going long distances often out of the city. If lanes are removed, I will use my car more often downtown for safety reasons.

I have had friends that have been injured when biking. Bike lanes reduce the risk of injuries. Bike injuries can have a significant impact on someone's life and can also be very expensive for our health care.

With the densification of Toronto, we need to make our public transit better and we need bike infrastructure. If cars are our only option, the gridlock will get worse with densification.

Biking is important for health and in fighting climate change.

Any plans to rip out bike infrastructure will cause more gridlock as it takes time to rip out bike lanes.

It will also be a waste of money as likely they will be added again as this is the progressive solution to building a better Toronto.

What we really need is to get the Eglington cross town subway working. This will be an important step to reducing gridlock and be part of the logical plan for city infrastructure.

I see momentum in bike lane use which comes with a better bike infrastructure. This is the better future for transportation.