Being a retired Health and…

Being a retired Health and Safety Professional with 2 professional designations and an avid rider of the bike lanes around Toronto, my professional opinion on this proposal to remove any bike lane only results in a high risk situation for bike riders with consequences of high severity injury to the riders, not the drivers. The car always wins; it doesn't matter who is in the wrong. Keeping cyclists separated from moving vehicles is ideal. If the Minister's comments about 1.4 percent of commuters are on bikes, that would mean for every 1.4 riders, it would equate to 98.6 cars commuting. When I sit at the intersection of University and Bloor at 500pm on my bike, and see more than 2 dozen cyclists, I most certainly do not see the other 98.6% of commuters (approx) 1576 cars in this intersection. In fact, that many cars would completely clog countless intersections in the surrounding blocks. Cyclists reduce traffic downtown, not increase it. Doug needs to 'stay in his own lane' and leave our bike lanes alone.