Just over a year ago,…

Just over a year ago, crossing South Kingsway at Bloor St W was terrible. At least 3 times a week, someone would speed around the corner as I was crossing and almost hit me. It was incredibly frustrating to see drivers disobey the signs and laws and common sense while they tried to make the light. Over and over and over. It was infuriating and a pedestrian would have died there eventually. I've seen grandmothers swearing at drivers for almost hitting them, 10 year olds facing off against cars who didn't obey their signals. It was ridiculous and unacceptable.

And while that corner was one of the worst, there was a lot of rule breaking by cars going on all along Bloor. IT SHOULDN'T BE DANGEROUS TO WALK IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBOURHOOD.

Since the bike lanes have gone in on Bloor St, life has been so much safer for pedestrians. The narrowing of the lanes between Jane and Old Mill have made drivers far less reckless.

Unless this provincial government wants to encourage unsafe driving, they should really rethink pushing through this ridiculous bill that is willing to sacrifice the lives of cyclists and pedestrians so that drivers can save 2 minutes off their travel time. And let's not forget that emergency vehicle travel time HAS IMPROVED.

And that this has been slapped onto a bill for the 413 highway makes it absolutely insulting. You can build your highway without endangering the lives of Torontonians.