Dear Minister, my family…

Dear Minister, my family and I (we are 5 grownups) support your legislation. I was riding my bike to work every day, mon to fri ( from Humber River to downtown Toronto) for 20 years (from 2000 to 2020), my husband even longer and still does, our children too, and we all oppose bike lanes on major city streets. No bike rider i spoke to ever since the bike lanes were installed on Bloor wants to ride a bike on heavily congested streets/roads. We prefer quiet streets with less car traffic and no shops. Major city streets/roads with heavy traffic have countless cars turning in or out to/from side streets every 20 or so meters, with cars often stopped in bike lanes to shop or drop off something, there are traffic lights every 20 m or so on Bloor, and pedestrians often use bike lane to walk/ jog - all these make bike lanes on major routes unpopular with true bike riders. Whoever planned bike lanes in Toronto was never riding a bike in the city themselves. Majority of bike riders prefer to ride bikes on quiet streets with little car traffic. And when subway stops on Bloor line because of tech issue, how long will take shuttle buses: 2-3 hours from Runnymede to Yonge?! This is truly unacceptable. Thank you for listening to the majority of Ontarians who think that bike lanes on major city roads cause traffic gridlocks. They are not popular with the majority of hardworking people in Ontario. Keep up with representing the majority and listening what majority of people say. Thank you!!!