As someone who used to live…

As someone who used to live in Toronto for school and was a frequent user of both the bike share program and the Bloor bike lanes, this bill is ridiculous and depicts absolute mismanagement of those who govern in their understanding of what ACTUALLY causes congestion.

Bike lanes do not cause congestion. Cars cause congestion. Bike lanes give people a safe and comfortable alternative to get out of their car which in turn, reduces the number of cars on the road. If you have 100 bikes on a bike lane per day, that's 100 cars off the road.

Adding vehicle lanes of traffic does not reduce congestion - rather it creates MORE congestion. This government doesn't seem to understand the meaning of "induced demand." The more vehicle lanes there are, the more it appeals to people to choose cars.

Recently, I was in Toronto with my mom. Someone who hates biking and drives everywhere. We spent a lot of time on Bloor. The one thing she came away with from that trip? That a lot of people were using the bike lane and that she never once saw vehicle congestion on the road.

You're not going to take cyclists off the road by removing the bike lanes. Now, they're just going to ride with traffic, making it more unsafe for them, and creating even more congestion for the vehicles you're trying to "help" so much.

Sure, put in a bill to review plans that remove a vehicle lane of travel. But do not remove bike lanes already in place. Continue to invest in sustainable modes of transportation.