As a local resident of…

As a local resident of Toronto downtown and user of the bike lanes, removing them, specially from the main roads mentioned in the proposal, feels like a big step backwards. The goal should be towards a complete bike infrastructure that would further encourage the use of these lanes thus helping reduce car traffic. This situation is circular, the less bike infrastructure (reducing the transportation options), the more traffic you will cause because you are forcing people to use cars or other means of transportation. On top of that, you will put bike users in danger of being runover and causing more deaths. If, unfortunately, we want to become a car city, just go and see Los Angeles, the traffic is unbearable but the city does not have any other reliable mean of transportation.