I personally don't drive…

I personally don't drive often anymore since the Yonge St and Bloor St bike lanes were installed, specifically their midtown and downtown sections. I have replaced most of my trips with Bike Share, year round.
I am effectively one less car on the road, I am more active and I am healthier than ever.

When they're used by a large number of people, bike lane networks have been shown to reduce traffic, reduce pollution and to promote good public health.
The key to increasing bike lane usage is to build complete protected networks. Toronto was not built in a grid, so huge areas of the city, especially just outside of downtown, don't have alternative local streets where bike lanes could be installed.

IMPORTANT: THERE ARE NO ALTERNATIVE SAFE AND DIRECT PATHS TO THE YONGE ST BIKE LANE, SO I WILL BE FORCED TO DRIVE MY CAR AGAIN, INCREASING CONGESTION.

Cities, including Toronto, have shown time and time again that building these networks attract people and take them out of cars. Just look at rush hour on Bloor St. near downtown and you'll see that bike lanes can barely fit into the existing lanes near traffic lights. IMAGINE THE CHAOS IF ALL THESE PEOPLE WERE DRIVING CARS INSTEAD.

Notably, the Yonge St. bike lane only removed car lanes in very specific parts, it's a very narrow lane in the first place. These parts of yonge st are not the bottleneck of the road system, so removing car lanes effectively made little difference in traffic. Additionally a good amount of the lanes removed were previously reserved for parking.

I oppose bill 212 and I urge the Premier to let cities control their own roads.
I also urge the Premier to issue a blanked approval on the usage of automated traffic enforcement measures, such as cameras to prevent Blocking the Box - an issue that actually causes significant congestion in Toronto.