I am writing as a citizen…

I am writing as a citizen and tax payer of Ontario, residing in Toronto. I am a professional working at multinational company and have mobility, yet choose to live in and pay taxes in this province. I use the Bloor Street bike lane from Lansdowne to Avenue twice a day every day including throughout the winter to visit a gym that I choose to patronize. I also patronize businesses along my route. Cycling is the most efficient, healthiest, and lowest carbon option for me. I also have a personal vehicle which I use to visit family outside of the city on weekends. The most gridlock I witness on my drives is outside of the bike lane network.

The proposal to remove bike lanes is not based on factual arguments, and will not support any of the acknowledgement statements that the Government used to preface this proposal nor the objective of reducing car travel times.

The removal of bike lanes will jeopardize the safety of non-car drivers and at an unnecessary cost, all for negligible societal benefit. Personally, I do not want to have to pass anymore ghost bikes on my rides - there are enough on my route already.

If the Government of Ontario insists on playing games like this, I am serious about taking my cards away to another more forward thinking jurisdiction.