The removal of the bike…

The removal of the bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge and University would be a huge step backwards when it comes to biking in the city, removing the most essential parts of the bike network in this city. Not only that, but many of these lanes have only just been put in, and now they're all being taken back out? How will all that extra construction help the traffic? And who's paying to remove all the bike lanes after paying to put them in?
In the meantime where will the cyclists be forced to ride? On the streets, with the cars, completely unprotected now that the dedicated bike lanes are gone. This would be a terribly unsafe situation for both cyclists and motorists, a situation that we've only just been starting to resolve with the expansion of the bike lane network!

I use my bike almost every day. I consider the bike lanes an essential piece of transit infrastructure. I use them as much as I use the sidewalks or the TTC. Removing the bike lanes would severely limit my transit options, and the options of the ever-growing community of other bike-users throughout Toronto and the rest of the province!

And on that note: I see this bill as a tremendous overreach by the provincial government. Surely this should be a municipal issue! The province has no business muddying the affairs of city government with bureaucracy and red tape.