It's shameful to ignore all…

It's shameful to ignore all the consultations and analytics that the city of Toronto has to support the three bike lanes being arbitrarily removed. It is easy to see that these pieces of infrastructure keep lots of people much safer and do not contribute to congestion - if anything they allow it to be lessened by providing spaces which more people will find comfortable to cycle in. Reverting to side streets is not helpful because as the map shows, there aren't any comparable city side streets which allow the same through travel that these roads do, and there isn't any policy writing in this document that allows it to be easier to add lanes to them either.

As a 25 year old Ontarian and City of Toronto resident born and raised, I often rely on these bike lanes in my day to day life to get to and from work and other destinations. I also am a driver and have been since my 16th birthday, an anomaly in this city. I was on these roads using both modes as these lanes were installed, and I witnessed first hand that they make the traffic flow and safety better for everyone, especially as often the other car lane was just on street parking (which is still retained in the current design). The cost of living crisis is squeezing people like me and this government trying to take bike lanes away with no factual basis is appalling - they are a free, fast and reliable way to get around Toronto. Stay out of my lane, out of my city's decision making process and let me and the thousands of others who use these lanes daily get to where we need to go safely. And while you're at it, maybe encourage other drivers with the means to do so to... then you may see some actual congestion go away.