As a resident of Toronto…

As a resident of Toronto with two small children who bikes to work regularly, your proposal to remove bike lanes makes no sense to me. The sections of Bloor that have protected bike lanes are the only sections of my drive where I feel safe riding my bike. Is your goal to have more cars on the road adding to traffic congestion and pollution? Removing bike lanes would make me feel much less safe and would lead to me driving to work. This would add to traffic congestion and cost me well over $150 a month for parking (not to mention gas, wear & tear on my car, etc.). This is also a wild overreach of your authority as elected officials at the provincial level. You cannot just step in and make arbitrary decisions for the city because you want to - the city council voted on this and has the support of the citizens of Toronto. There are plenty of problems in the province that you could be focusing on and addressing instead of wading into municipal issues.

Also, if you do this, people will literally die. Protected bike lanes save lives. Please don't risk the lives of your citizens.