I like my bicycle. But there…

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I like my bicycle. But there is no way I should be taking space
name traffic arteries. The protections required for bikes to operate on major arteries make the streets almost impossible to understand in terms of who can turn when and who has the right of way. On roads like Yonge Street and make no sense at all given there is a subway system right underneath the road which can move large numbers of people around efficiently and effectively. We decided to go the subway route and have a marvelous system in Toronto which also works during the winter as well as the summer. Let's focus on it for more of our transportation needs.
Another major consideration is safety. I spoke to the city about this but there is no sensible message coming back. Take for example turning north on the University from Richmond St., West. At night is almost impossible to tell if there are bikes in the bike lane heading west given poor lighting and the fact that most bicyclists do not have proper lighting of the bikes. This makes it incredibly dangerous to be trying to turn right with clarity on whether there are bicyclists, coming up on the inside. It is extremely dangerous and the city must do something to fix this risk. I do not believe they will fix it. In my view intersection now is setting a trap for motorists by making conditions so poor that there is a great risk of accidents occurring. Furthermore is an incredibly busy intersection virtually at all times and it does not make sense to be introducing bicycles in areas like this and making it super risky for pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists.