As a newcomer, I was…

As a newcomer, I was impressed on how well Toronto is doing about increasing its bike lane network, there are very good bike lanes that inspire more people to ride a bike to more places.

Big cities need more options to get around as its population grows, and cycling is one, if not the best, in terms of efficiency of space, energy and time used. Contrary of what many people believe, weather is not the main reason that stops people from using a bike to commute, it is safe infrastructure, there are many examples around the world where people commute by bike in bad weather, as long as they have safe cycling paths to do it.

Another argument I read against cycling lanes is that they do not belong in main roads, and that is very wrong. The main roads are the ones that have the shortest route to destinations, installing bike lanes in secondary roads would mean that people on bikes should have to ride more distance, expend more energy and complicate their route to get to their destinations, that is not fair and would not have the desire effect, to make cycling easier than driving a car.

And I can't believe that people against bike lanes believe that stores located on roads with bike lanes will suffer from less transactions, on the contrary, people on bikes and on foot can stop in those stores more easily that people on cars, just by the fact that it is a lot less complicated for them to stop and shop around.

It is very sad and unbelievable to me that the province government is thinking about destroying all the good work that the city of Toronto is doing so far, this city is moving in the right direction, please keep it that way, I do not own a car, and I do not want to have to by one.