I oppose this proposal. As a…

I oppose this proposal. As a resident of Toronto, I am a pedestrian, a driver and occasionally a bicycle rider. I support bike lanes even when they reduce the drivability of streets for cars. It is wasteful of tax dollars to remove bikes that have already been installed. I say this as a tax payer in Toronto but also Ontario. Lastly, the bike lanes that are currently being considered for removal do not have viable alternatives for replacement. Bloor Street, for example, has no equivalent side street that runs parallel. I have tried to ride to High Park with my children using side streets as I was worried about their safety, but I was unable to find a route. So we used the bike lanes on Bloor Street West. They were the only way that my children and I could safely bike to High Park. Removing the bike lanes will decrease our access to our city. With the popularity of e-bikes, we will need even more bikes, not less. I urge the provincial government to stay out of the City’s decision-making on bike lanes.