Limiting the construction of…

Limiting the construction of new bike lanes is not good planning. The province should not be regulating where bike lanes can be constructed in a city the size of Toronto.
In previous decades, Toronto used to be a city in which you could drive anywhere easily. The city is home to much much more people and jobs now. We cannot expect driving to be the main method of transportation anywhere in the city of Toronto. It has resulted in traffic gridlock that is bad for everyone. We can’t go back to the good old days of everyone driving everywhere. Traffic will not get better in the city with any approach that puts cars first. What will help fix our traffic problem is getting people into other, much more efficient modes of transport. If it is easier, quicker and safer to use transit, walk or cycle then people will do that and leave the roads free for people that actually need to be in a car. We need to prioritize bike lanes and transit to make this happen. People and cars will flow through the city more smoothly if more people are on transit or on bikes. It’s that simple. If you follow the data this is the only conclusion you would come to.
We need better transit, better cycling infrastructure and more people living in high density, mixed use and transit accessible communities. Please prioritize that. For everyone’s sanity.
I don’t own a car and get around by myself and with my 1 year old son by walking, catching transit and cycling. Every now and then I need to make a journey by car and I use Uber or a car share service. If everyone could use this model then there would be much less cars on the road and when people need to make a journey by car it isn’t an absolutely horrible experience. Make cycling or taking transit the better option. It’s the only way to fix traffic in Toronto. Don’t restrict new bike lanes. We need much more of them to make cycling (the far more efficient mode of transit) safer and more attractive.