What an atrocious thing that…

What an atrocious thing that Premier Ford is attempting to do. Removing bike lanes will do NOTHING to stop congestion. My father rode his bicycle to and from work (north from South Etobicoke, from Lakeshore along Kipling and/or Islington) nearly every day for work before he retired. He has been hit by cars numerous times - including breaking his arm twice. I am confident that if bike lanes existed there, he would have been safer on his commute to and from work and would not have been injured. I myself rode my bicycle to and from Ryerson (as it was called when I was a student there) along the Waterfront Trail and then through the downtown city streets. The trail felt significantly safer than sharing the road with cars, cars filled with drivers that feel entitled to the entirety of the road. Not to mention some who seem to have murderous intent when it comes to cyclists...

You know what would actually help? Finally finishing the never ending transit projects (Eglinton, Finch...) and IMPROVING transit so that more people can take transit to where they need to go. I do not have my licence and depend on the TTC, my own two feet, and my bicycle to get around. The safer this city can be, not only for people like myself, the better. We should divert away from a car-centric approach for this city - more cars = more traffic = more pollution = more problems.

I'm a lifelong Toronto resident - grew up here, went to university here, got married at City Hall this past June, have never lived anywhere else. It has been heartbreaking to see Premier Ford be so ruthless in his quest to destroy so much of this city (Ontario Place, for example, which my husband and I live near) and this seems to be yet another aspect of the city that he's dipping his greedy fingers into. Moving forward with this will be a tremendous waste of taxpayer money (which Premier Ford seems SO concerned about not wasting...) , money that could be put towards myriad of other things (healthcare, HOUSING, rent control, etc).

Do what is right for the people of Toronto and leave us and our bike lanes ALONE.