I am writing to express my…

I am writing to express my profound dismay at the Progressive Conservatives' recent efforts to not only limit the development of new bike lanes, but even to rip up existing bike lanes along Bloor, Yonge and Avenue. Misleadingly Bill 212 is called 'Reducing Gridlock, Saving you Time.' But, in fact, evidence has shown again and again that bike lanes are not the cause of traffic congestion.

This is truly a colossal waste of money--the money that has already been invested in building the bike lanes and the money that will be used to take them out.

Please, I beg you to retract this bill that will only diminish the health of the city. Both myself and my husband routinely use these bike routes to get to work. Even a quick look on Google maps reveals that there are no feasible alternate bike routes. So we will continue to use Yonge and Bloor out of necessity even if the lanes are gone, only we will be so much less safe. And for what end? Cyclists will lose, businesses will lose, drivers will lose (as gridlock will not improve and now they will need to navigate around bikes), and the taxpayer will lose. It saddens me that the government would consider such a pointless and destructive act.