Removing bike lanes on main…

Removing bike lanes on main streets is possibly the worst thing we can do in specifically Toronto today.

1- It discourages people from biking to commute or run errands which causes an increase in green house gas emissions.

2- It makes streets unsafe for everybody. Look at the configuration of the Danforth in Toronto before the bike lane installation. 2 lanes. 1 permanently taken up by parked cars. Cyclists having to weave in and out of traffic all the while being worried about getting the driver side door opened on them as well as worrying about impatient drivers passing too closely cause they are also weaving in and out of the right lane as soon as there is a break from parked cards and speeding to beat cars on the left lane. And look at it now - calm but steady moving traffic, still ample parking on the street. bike lanes on the outside that provide safety for all.

3- Money that is being considered for spending to rip out existing bike lanes should be invested into public transit. Either GO train or municipal transit agencies.

All in all - the more drivers we can get off the road the better the traffic will be. This one more lane mentality has never worked and will never work. Think twice (or more) before you impede progress and even undo decades of progress in this regard.

Serve the people you are meant to and do not become a power hungry tyrant, Doug Ford.