Before the bike lanes were…

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Before the bike lanes were installed, I had been concerned that they would cause congestion and slow my travel time. In 2016 I was driving my three children between Bloor West Village and the University of Toronto where they swam competitively. I feared that this would have a deleterious effect on my movement along Bloor Street. Given my reservations, I had quite a few conversations in 2016 with the Manager, Cycling Infrastructure & Programs. The conversations left me with an appreciation that a large amount of thinking and planning had gone into to the project. So, I was carefully optimistic.

Four years later, I was so pleased with the effect of the bike lanes on my ability to drive a car along that route that I sent a follow-up e-mail to the Transportation Services manager to say that my fears had been misplaced and to thank them for their time and effort efficiently getting this project through to completion. The bike lanes had two positive effects on driving along Bloor Street: (1) Bicycles were no longer weaving in/out of motor vehicle traffic and when making a right-hand turn I knew exactly where bicycles would be, and (2) the variability of my travel time to/from UofT had actually decreased.

The bike lanes have made my use of Bloor St W by car much much better. I feel as if all the users of Bloor St W are safer and my travel time is more consistent. Please maintain or expand the use of bicycle lanes on Toronto roads!! Please continue to support the cycling infrastructure.