The bike lanes on University…

The bike lanes on University Ave have been delaying Ambulances and cars since they were put in with the parking. I live downtown and I have been run into and have dodged many bike riders who are the sidewalk where there are bike lanes. So why have bike lanes where bikers feel they have the right to do what ever they want.

Also, the electric bikes / scooters, etc. are also becoming very dangerous to pedestrians as you do not hear them and they are going at speeds well beyond the the people walking.

I think we need to address traffic in a sensible way, the move to bike lanes was done way to aggressively and did not account for our weather and the congestion we already have. Keep the bike lanes on the side streets and create / enforce laws on bike riders like you do cars.

As a final note, cars need to make turns, the way the light system is set up there are huge traffic jams for cars trying to turn. We need to go to identify where turning at rush hour is a problem (Wellington and University is one) and put in lights so cars can make turns (share the road). Remember the roads were built and paid for by the car owners.