The province should not be…

The province should not be policing what and how cities and municipalities allocate bike lanes and transit - more red tape, more money spent when not needed, and the provincial government does not know the nuances of each community and what is needed or would benefit each one.

Additionally, relating to the bike lanes on University St, as someone who commutes, these have been fantastic - from a safety perspective of cyclists, keeping cyclists in a specific area and moving separate from traffic vs weaving within traffic. These bike lanes are well used, and the provincial government shouldn't state statistics and percentages without context (eg 1.2%) relating to cyclists and bike lane usage - very misleading and inaccurate.
So much of the car traffic on University both currently and in the last number of years has been lane reductions due to construction, and due to the new Queen Street subway station being built. It has been extremely helpful to have the designated parking / stopping areas in front of the hospitals on university, as before cars would just pull over and block that outside lane anyway, and then cyclists were forced over into traffic, and causing even worse impedance of the flow of cars and bikes along University street.

Lastly, as a healthcare worker who works with the trauma population, bike lanes save lives, and save cyclists from injuries - which in the end just costs the province and tax payers more money when more cyclists come to the hospital requiring care, surgeries, and potentially long hospital stays (nevermind the trickle down effect of that on the economy when missing work etc as a result of injuries and/or disability). The number of cyclists hit by cars that are seen in the trauma population is already astounding and unacceptable