As a resident of the City of…

As a resident of the City of Toronto, I am opposed to this proposed legislation. Specifically, I oppose:

- The proposal to remove the bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue
- The proposal to only allow bike lanes if traffic lanes are not removed

For one, the University Avenue bike lane, which is already seeing heavier use, was just installed at some expense. It would be a waste of tax dollars to immediately rip it out.

As someone who lives along the stretch of Yonge Street which has bikes lanes that would be ripped out under this proposal, I do not want a return to the previous road conditions. And I am someone who is a pedestrian, a driver, a cyclist, and a transit user. There was already a cyclist death last year at Yonge and St Clair. We don't need more deaths on our hands. As a pedestrian, I enjoy walking along this stretch of Yonge now that there aren't four lanes of traffic making it a speedway. I live on Avenue Road and I actively avoid walking along there because of the many lanes of traffic and the lack of cyclist buffer between me and the cars.

This is an incredibly shortsighted proposal aimed to buy suburban votes for the early spring election we all know the government plans to call. You can be assured, you have lost any of chance of getting my vote.