Bike lanes save lives, keep…

Bike lanes save lives, keep bikes off of sidewalks and help traffic move. If anything we need more bike lanes especially in the central city. I live 2 minutes from a Toronto subway station on Yonge St and the youth and even some adults here have to ride on the sidewalk. No one gets too mad about it because we all understand that there are no bike lanes here and the traffic is too aggressive and inattentive for a cyclist that is not very confident. I am a confident cyclist and will confidently take the lane as needed wherever adequate cycling infrastructure is not provided - and will do so everywhere such infrastructure is taken away, except on the Etobicoke portion of the Bloor bike lanes. My sense is that the Bloor bike lanes in Etobicoke need to be rethought. There is nothing wrong with healthy discussion and consideration of alternatives where infrastructure is clearly not working. But this does not mean simply ripping a thing out and not replacing it with a well considered alternative. You are responsible for te transportation needs of all citizens, even if you hate bicycles, besides, the future is only going to mean more bicycles and less cars so consider being part of the future vs clinging to a past that is no longer the reality of our quickly growing city. As for locating future lanes on side streets, I think that should be the preference if direct side streets also exist. For instance on Yonge St north of Eglington it makes great sense to locate the future cycling infrastructure on Duplex and Jedburgh Avenues vs Yonge St.