Once again, the Premier and…

Once again, the Premier and his suburban cronies (including the Minister of Transportation) demonstrate NO awareness of the local needs of Torontonians or respect for municipal processes and autonomy. (They don't seem to care what Toronto thinks of them, since we're clearly not the voter base they cater to.) This is being pushed through despite evidence-based studies and major investment by the city of Toronto over the past several years. And it sets a bad precedent for provincial involvement in Toronto politics and legislation.

Of course gridlock is real, especially at rush hour - as a cyclist and a car owner, I've experienced it. But gridlock will not be solved by taking out existing bike lanes on these major arteries, especially with the fast-growing number of residents in the towers taking over every downtown neighbhourhood, delivery vehicles, UPS trucks double-parked, etc. Investing massively in public transportation - built quickly, not over decades - is a better long-term solution.

A question for car-owners who commute into the city to work: Why should the drivers of single occupant vehicles - massive, carbon-spewing cars and trucks that can kill cyclists, scooter users and pedestrians - trump the rights of individual people who ride bikes?

Please reconsider this heinous, ill-thought-out, reactionary plan that will make streets less safe, make pollution and climate change worse, and not create substantial benefit for drivers.