I feel strongly that the…

I feel strongly that the bike lanes on Yonge St should be removed as soon as possible.

They have created unreasonable traffic and snow removal issues and are a real safety concern. As a resident of Walker Ave., one of the many land-locked streets who can only reach/leave my home by entering/exiting off Yonge St. it has more than doubled my commute time and there have been multiple dangerous ambulance delays in our neighbourhood due to gridlock. I am currently a cancer patient and well aware that I would be unlikely to survive certain medical emergencies given the likely delay in ambulance or emergency care. I experienced a lengthy delay myself in February in an emergency situation.

The original traffic study did not take into account the large number of new residential towers being constructed on Yonge St between Davisville and Roxborough which are and will continue to exacerbate the traffic situation.

There is also very limited visibility from the traffic lanes of the bikes and scooters in the bike lanes given the curbs and planters and plants separating the bike lanes from the traffic lane. I also witnessed a man lose control of his scooter and hit the curb and fly off at my intersection due to the lack of visibility of turning cars.

In the winter the situation is untenable when snow removal vehicles are blocking the only traffic lane which is a main artery of the city.