Bike lanes are a critical…

Bike lanes are a critical piece of infrastructure. They are green and they help make the city livable.

If we want to reduce gridlock, we should start by funding the TTC and adding bike lanes. We can also encourage carpooling. When we have viable alternatives to driving, people will be more inclined not to drive.

I commute to work by bike from Toronto Danforth (using bike lanes on Gerrard, Shuter, Sherbourne, Richmond, and Adelaide) and have noticed a huge uptick in bike commuters. These lanes help make Toronto a more progressive city, as many people cannot afford a car, and public transit is usually much slower than biking. When I bike, I often notice that nearly every car is a single driver. Adding more lanes will only make us more dependent on cars - we need to give people viable alternatives and keep Toronto a livable city.