I am a hockey mom. I carpool…

I am a hockey mom. I carpool kids and large hockey bags to practice and games. It is not practical to bike to the arena. I am a physician who works at a downtown hospital. I Am often commuting to and from work overnight. It is not reasonable to bike to work. I am a daughter of elderly parents. It is not possible to bike them to their appointments.
I am an avid summer cyclist. I use paths, trails and side roads.
I cannot for the life of me understand why bike lanes were added on the stretch of Bloor street between Jane and Islington without community consultation. ( and by consultation I mean fulsome consultation. I don’t mean asking us to comment on how big the lanes should be or what colour they should be painted.
These lanes on Bloor street are ill advised. They have caused an enormous amount of traffic congestion, gridlock and anger.
The fact that our city councillor has not heard the very loud voice of her constituents on this issues - and feels she knows better, is disgraceful and in undemocratic.
The bike lanes on this stretch are empty the vast majority of the time. As cars idle and commute times have doubled.
They need to come out.
We need to restore some sanity and balance to our community and our daily lives.
Please remove them as soon as possible ( at taxpayers expense once again)