Bike lanes are essential to…

Bike lanes are essential to this city. Look at other world class cities that are much larger than Toronto. There are all incorporating bike lanes into their existing infrastructure. This city needs proper solutions for traffic not bandaid ones like removing bike lanes. Imagine if all cyclists then started driving. It would be a nightmare.

Furthermore, on all the routes that the proposal has mentioned there is street parking. Perhaps the removal of this during peak hours or entirely could create new lanes without having to sacrifice the bike lanes.

I am a cyclist and rely on bike lanes everyday throughout the entire year. They keep us safe. Already the number of accidents and deaths from having the bike lanes obstructed is too high. If you remove the lanes you will directly be an accomplice for any future accidents and deaths that will occur as a result of unsafe biking conditions.

I need to mention the cost of removal these lanes. As with the one on Jarvis that cost three times more to remove it than to install it, this is a misuse of taxpayers money. Additionally city issues should remain autonomous from provincial strongholds.