I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to the…

I am STRONGLY OPPOSED to the removal of bike lanes on Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue in Toronto. The idea that the removal will help ease congestion has been shown in various studies to be FALSE. The opposite is more often true: bike lanes improve congestion by making people feel safe to use bicycles to get around. This takes cars off the road.

Removing the bike lanes will:

- cause more injuries and fatalities to cyclists
- will increase congestion in the short term due to the unneeded construction to rip up our roads again
- will increase congestion in the long term due to more people back in cars rather than on bicycles
- will go backwards in terms of our commitments to sustainability and reduction in green house gases
- will cost money that is much better spent elsewhere
- will make all of the money that was already spent putting the bike lanes in place a complete waste

I am also STRONGLY OPPOSED to the aspects of the bill that will make it harder for municipalities to put new bike lanes in place for all of the same reasons. We need to move away from a car dependent society especially in Toronto where we have the density of people to make transit affordable.