I would highly recommend…

I would highly recommend that both the Eglinton Avenue East and West bike lanes be removed immediately especially those running just east and west of Yonge Street. Metrolinx installed them though and because that falls under the Provincial Government, I am not sure if you will follow through in removing these ill advised ones that have reduced Eglinton Avenue East and West down to one lane each of traffic in each direction, but I am challenging you to do the right thing and still remove them! Anyone who lives and travels along there as well knows that the traffic congestion has grown 100% in a very short time due to the bike lanes that NO ONE TAKES. Too many people live along there to have their commute doubled and tripled in trying to get home to their families after a long work day. No wonder no one wants to return to the offices either.

I understand the rational behind it was thinking that once the LRT is opened up that most people will take it along Eglinton Avenue East and West instead or take the TTC buses along there, but it is 13+ - 14 years and not only has the LRT not open yet but the bus routes along there are still very much needed to run on Eglinton as the majority of them do not just stop at Kennedy or Eglinton Avenue West but turn onto many other connecting streets all along Eglinton. So this would be the first major point in removing them as many people still need to take the bus along there and their commute have doubled or tripled in time.

I am a long time transit rider of the TTC in this City and it is a very unreliable service and I believe the LRT will be as well especially in inclement weather. On a Friday night in the summer months of all things I have witnessed myself 7 buses backed up all in a row along Eglinton Avenue West. I have clocked the time on the bus myself and it now takes 30 - 40 mins. on a Sunday in non-rush hour traffic just to get from Eglinton Avenue West station now to Yonge and Eglinton with the lanes reduced down to one lane in both direction running along there. Therefore many many people are still stuck on the bus especially in congested traffic that was never an issue along there until these bike lanes were installed. I believe that there is also an Accessiblity lawsuit by a Lawyer due to those lanes on Eglinton Avenue West given how they were built as for visually impaired people can not differertiate between the lanes and the sidewalk, plus you have to cross into them to actually get on the bus which honestly with e-bikes electric scooters and everything else is very dangerous.-=

My next major point is that everyone knows that Eglinton Avenue East is very much the route that emergency runs are made along to Sunnybrook Hospital and now both our Police, Fire and Ambulance are all held up with life saving seconds to spare in congested traffic along there as they can not move to get around the cars stopped and backed up from Yonge Street to Holly street to Mount Pleasant. Meaning many lawsuits in the future for both the City and Provincial Government. I witness myself the Fire Trucks having to stop dead along Eglinton Avenue East between the very short distance between Yonge and Holly Street while rushing to an emergency. They are then not even able to turn onto Holly Street themselves given they need the width of the street to make the turn but impeded now by the bike lanes also if traffic is on Holly and parked vehicles they have no where to go down as they now need the whole street now itself to make their turn and to travel along there. I have watched myself as the Fire Trucks are stopped dead along Eglinton Avenue East as they approach Holly Street, and in trying to make their turns that they have been given no choice but to have had to stop in the middle of a congested but live lane of traffic or in the middle of a turn to offload their Fire Personnel as seconds due count in an emergency to have them walk into the street to the location of the emergency with all their gear. This is not the CITY I want to live in when we do not think that emergency routes those travelled the most by our Fire, Police and Ambulances should be reduced down to one lane of travel in each direction just to have bike lanes installed along them holding all of them up. Not when critical seconds count in an emergency in saving someone's life and not when many lawsuits when be generated just from that fact alone when someone dies given they were held up in saving their life.

You need to talk to those with lived experience and I can tell you that any fire routes and ambulance routes running anywhere by a Hospital as well should not be impeded by bike lanes!

There is also an uptick in traffic now on residential side streets as well as those drivers of the cars rushing to make blind turns onto residential side streets all through the area now (where people are living whether in homes or condos trying to safely raise their children and family members including the elderly) since these bike lanes have been installed, as people try to find other ways to get through the side streets just to get around the traffic backed up on Eglinton Avenue East and West and now with no turns at all at Yonge Street it has made it even worse. Also, there is a major uptick of illegal parking along residential side streets all through that area now as well, and right off of Eglinton Avenue East at Holly Street where people are trying to live and raise their children safely but we all now see an uptick of delivery vehicles from UBER, SKIP, FEDEX, UPS to large transport trucks making deliveries to the restaurants and stores near by because they have no where to park anywhere along the main streets (Eglinton Avenue East) where these businesses are located. And I am totally against 24/7 delivery times just because of this fact as it disturbs people's sleep which becomes a major health concern and another lawsuit for you. All of this is compounded by these delivery companies both online and food ones which needs to be stopped or gotten under control. You can not have bike lanes, congested traffic, all of these uptick in delivery vehicles and drivers and not think that there will be major residual affects to our streets.

Also with Eglinton being reduced to one lane both in each direction is a horrible idea seeing how the street runs to the Highway and through many residential areas. Not only has it made it impossible to get onto the Allen but also the DVP and backed up traffic all along there where there once was no congestion.

Thank you!