I have been a cyclist in…

I have been a cyclist in Toronto for 15 years now, and have lived in several different areas of the city from High Park to North York to Riverdale. When I first moved here, I don't know if there was a single dedicated bike lane anywhere. Now there is a wonderful network of them making it so much easier and safer to get around the city. I started a new job earlier this year and without fail, everyone who found out that I biked to work said to me 'I'm terrified of biking downtown', and I would tell them there are bike lanes now and they'd say 'oh, well that definitely helps, less chance some idiot uber driver would run me over'

The lanes are being used, it's keeping people safer, it's REDUCING TRAFFIC - would you really rather those cyclists be in CARS? the subway is already massively overcrowded in rush hour. And of course, it's better for the environment. Doug suggested moving them to side streets but that's just not a viable option. I'm adding a link that explains how if you replaced the entire bloor st bike lane with side street bike lanes, the same trip would take TWICE as long for cyclists. Would it really help car users get where they were going twice as fast? Is that really a fair trade off? Not to mention all the money that is going to be WASTED removing from main streets and reinstalling on side streets.

This just doesn't make any sense and should not be done.