I live in East end Toronto…

I live in East end Toronto and travel through the city for work, volunteering, visiting family, shopping, dining etc. via TTC, bike and car. I am 64 years old, and I although I agree that construction and heavy use of Toronto roads BY THOSE COMMUNITING FROM OUTSIDE OF TORONTO can make driving frustrating, I absolutely do NOT want to see the province get involved in the approval of bike lanes in our city. Torontonians deserve to make these decisions ourselves via our elected city council representatives. As an older female trying to do more of my work transit and errands via bicycle, I very much rely on the existence of bike lanes to keep me safe on our busy roads. If bike lanes were removed, or made less convenient, this would only discourage people like me from cycling and send us back into our cars, and pray tell, how would THAT reduce traffic congestion? I would much rather see our provincial government take care of its current commitments to improving public transit in Toronto (get the Eglinton Crosstown open, for example) so that more people who currently using their cars will be encouraged to leave the car at home and take public transit.