I live in Mississauga near…

I live in Mississauga near the proposed Bloor Street bike lanes. Our neighborhood has rallied together in strong opposition of these bike lanes. In this section of Bloor between Central Parkway and Etobicoke it is currently two lanes each way. It is a busy roadway with numerous homes, apartments, commercial plazas and schools. Right now the roadway moves well. Removing one bike lane each way will make this slow and full of traffic as we have seen happen east of it in Etobicoke where they’ve already reduced for bike lanes. This makes no sense—I drive this daily and don’t see cyclist. The City of Mississauga held “consultations” that were just for show—they never really wanted our opinions. They came with presentations with options but it was clear they had an agenda of what they wanted to do. Our amazing neighborhood association came together and organized a petition, lawn signs and community meetings. Yellow signs dotted everyone’s lawns in protest. The City ignored us all, more concerned with “ticking a box” that they met their goal to addd bike lanes. Please put this bill forward and STOP the removal of car lanes for bike lanes. Most people cannot cycle to work or other errands. Thank you for your consideration and my thanks to Premier Ford for common sense ideas that actually work for the majority!