It is completely ridiculous…

It is completely ridiculous to consider removing bike lanes along Bloor Street. I bicycle commute from Dundas West to Spadina along Bloor every weekday, and especially during rush hour, the bike lanes are packed with cyclists. Removing the lanes would not only put these many cyclists at severe risk of negative traffic interactions, injury, and death, but likely add to congestion by re-integrating slow moving vehicles (bikes, e-bikes, etc.) into the traffic flow. This will put my life at risk during my daily commute.

Countless studies world-wide have shown that bike lanes effectively reduce traffic congestion. This move to reduce bike lanes in Toronto with a stated objective of reducing congestion is not supported by evidence. Creating healthy, live-able cities is widely agreed upon by experts to include public transit networks and bike lanes. Increasing the presence of idling, polluting vehicles in the city, driving up air pollution and increasing rates of the multitude of diseases that have been linking to air pollution, while removing safe and effective ways to get people moving (bike lanes) is a seriously bad public health decision and will end up costing Canadian taxpayers more.