We need more bike lanes, I…

We need more bike lanes, I lived grew up in Toronto and have a vested interested in seeing this city succeed. As someone who grew up here as the population has grown I have seen traffic increase significantly. Bike lanes are not to blame for an increase in traffic in Toronto, cars are.

I absolutely support those who enjoy driving as their main form of commuting but its very frustrating to see the government step in and ruin progress I have personally been advocating for and voted for in my region. Bike lanes reduce traffic, when there are no bike lanes near me or to the destination I am going too, I drive and so do many other cyclists. A large majority of cyclists are also drivers who are making a conscious choice. Who are you, to take our right to choose what form of transport works best for us? To remove our access to safe accessible bike routes and force us drive? How do you feel forcing everyone who uses bike routes back into cars is going to help with congestion?

As someone who drives and cycles this is a bad move, we need our bike lanes, cyclists have the right to safety on the roads as well.