Removing bike lanes is not a…

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Removing bike lanes is not a solution to Ontario's gridlock. The govt surely knows that. The amount of time removing bike lanes will save -- 30 secs to 2 mins? Are drivers even going to notice that? Countless studies have shown that the Bloor bike lane, for example, has been good for businesses: https://streets.mn/2022/01/26/bikes-and-business-on-bloor/

Also, bike lanes save lives. There are so many parents who take their kids to school on bicycles. Removing bike lanes will put them in the mouth of danger.

There are other, better ways of addressing gridlock that don't attack all the different ways people chose to travel. Why not tackle parking to address gridlock? There are rows of stagnant cars that are occupying car lanes, causing traffic.

Let's not take Toronto and Ontario backwards. It's a bit embarrassing that where other major cities around the world --Paris, Montreal, Berlin, Madrid -- are increasing bike lanes, we are going backwards.

Please don't put people's lives in danger for a culture war that will do absolutely very little to solve traffic.