I'll tell you what removing…

I'll tell you what removing bike lanes on Yonge St, Avenue Rd and Bloor St will do for this household. It will take 4 bikes off the road, and put 2 cars back on the road. My family - with members aged 77, 52, 16 and 14 - lives in midtown Toronto. My children (now 16 and 14) bike downtown knowing that they have relatively safe bike lanes to use to get there. The same goes for my mother, who is 77. Without those lanes, we will drive. We are not willing to risk our lives among the cars.

Removing bike lanes is telling citizens like us to get back in their cars and contribute to the city's paralyzing gridlock and carbon emissions. It's completely regressive policy.