Please do not remove the…

Please do not remove the bike lanes.

I biked as a child but never thought of it as a means of transportation as I thought it was too dangerous.

It was only in the past few years when the City of Toronto began building a network of bike lanes that make it relatively safe to get around that I taught myself how to ride a bike again.

I have heard the minister argue that bike lanes should be on side streets. In some cases this works and I have enjoyed using them. However there are very few side streets that are continuous in this city and that is result of designing them to avoid through traffic from cars.

Also many times my destination has been on the major streets. The bike lanes have allowed me to access shops and business that I would not have seen while riding the subway underground.

Thank you for your consideration.