I live in Toronto and am a…

I live in Toronto and am a driver and a biker.

When I'm in my car in gridlock and passing unused bike lanes, I'm furious that they are there occupying a lane. When I'm on my bike and having to ride perilously close to fast moving traffic, I'm upset that there are no guarded bike lanes to use.

Where you sit on an issue depends on where you stand...

How do we solve this? If we take an scientific approach, there are a vast number of studies showing that opening more lanes for cars does *not* reduce gridlock - all it does is encourage more people to get into their cars to use those shiny new lanes.

Conversely, there are plenty of studies showing that adding alternate forms of transportation - public transit, safe walking and biking routes, *does* encourage people to get out of their cars and use those modes instead.

The solution is clear if we don't want to bury our heads in the sand - build more alternative forms of transit, including public transit, safe sidewalks and guarded bike lanes.

And for god's sake, don't go and tear out any existing ones.