I believe that the decision…

I believe that the decision to rip up the bike lanes on Bloor, University and Yonge is ill-advised, fiscally irresponsible ($48 million!), and not driven by real data. In particular, without the Bloor lane, there will be no way to get from one side of the city to another on a bicycle. This will only increase cars on the road, who will then be competing with bikes for the same lanes. This will lead to avoidable deaths. Just back in July, a cyclist was killed on Bloor when they were forced to leave the lane due to an obstruction. For much of this bike lane, there isn't even room for another car lane. Moreover, the bike lanes are being used more and more by Torontonians. For some hard traceable data, just look at the city's bike-share program: we are on track to seeing more than six million trips in 2024! And those are not the bikes you even most commonly see in the bike lanes. This move on the part of the provincial government just doesn't make sense.