I am a recreational (non…

I am a recreational (non commuter) cyclist and support well designed and implemented infrastructure, but the poorly conceived , designed and executed lanes on arterial roads are disastrous. I live close to the Bloor Street extension from Runnymede west and it is a complete disaster gridlocking traffic twice a day and very very little used by cyclists even in clement weather. When the subway breaks down (regularly) it is an utter end to end gridlock.
The times the city staff communicated at the community meeting at Etobicoke Vollegiate were a joke, rush hour commute times on that stretch have quadrupled. Why did the city remove two FULL traffic lanes? Why not one bi-directional with a centre lane that switches directions with rush-hour flow (like Jarvis) The community no longer trusts what City transportation says as its so biased and misrepresented. The trust has been broken.