I've lived in Toronto for 17…

I've lived in Toronto for 17 years, and my partner and I have always used cycling as our primary transportation. Until the recent major construction wave, we also frequently used TTC and taxis, but we now find cycling is always the fastest way to get from point to point in the core. We aren't recreational cyclists and we have some health issues, so we only use protected lanes--the University and Bloor lanes multiple times daily (and the Yonge lanes infrequently). The planned demolition very narrowly and specifically harms our personal interests like no legislation I've seen in my time here.

I also have no reason to think the demolitions will stop with the three currently designated lanes; based on the harsh language being used, I expect the province to eventually remove all protected bike lanes, and possibly also dedicated streetcar rights-of-way. And in the medium to long term, beyond the issue of bike lanes, I expect the broad application of punitive Michigan-style emergency management regimes to cause severe economic decline in cities across Ontario. In particular, high-skill/high-wage businesses will have trouble recruiting in politically unstable cities unable to make basic municipal planning decisions, and those that can move operations to a province offering their employees a higher quality of life will do so.