The implementation of bike…

The implementation of bike lanes on major arteries in Toronto was poorly thought through and was, in part, predicated on the assumption that, magically, 75% of trips within 5km would be on foot, public transit or bicycle. This was a fantasy from the very beginning and the reality has been, instead, increased congestion and minimal adoption of the bike lanes. This is quite apart from the easily foreseeable, but completely ignored, consequences on traffic volumes on side streets and delays to busses and emergency vehicles.
The province should not need to wait for reports from the City about these effects. They are easily observable on a daily basis (the volume of bicyclists compared to other forms of transit are laughably small, even in good weather). In addition, the City has already published one report on the Bloor Street West Complete Street Extension (entitled "Data Update on Interim Conditions (June 2024)") which clearly demonstrates (on page 6 of the report) that, even on the three days in April and May that they chose to measure bicycle volumes, the percentages of bicycles compared to "vehicles" was in the very low single digits. When challenged about what it would take for the City to change their plans, at a Community meeting this summer, a City employee could only reply that "it takes time for people to change their behaviour". Need I say more! No more waiting for further studies please