Dear Premier Ford ... My…

Dear Premier Ford ...
My wife and I are Etobicoke residents (Bloor and Prince Edward Drive area). We fully support your initiative to control the installation of future bike lanes in Toronto and, particularly, we support the removal of existing bike lanes on major arterial thoroughfares - Bloor Street, Yonge, and University/Avenue Road.

We have been very negatively impacted by the recent bike lane extension through the Bloor West / Kingsway area. The bridge over the Humber River is a crucial artery and the recent bike lane installation has catastrophically hindered the entry to, and exit from, this crucial bridge. Of all roadways, this bridge should have been left as it was, to carry maximum road traffic for safe and efficient movement across the city.

We have just returned from a mid-day shopping trip to the Bloor West area, and experienced a huge 3-block car backup heading into the city (from the Jane/Bloor intersection to mid-way across the Humber Bridge). We did not see a single cyclist at any time as we passed through this area, but we saw dozens of slowly moving cars that should have been moving briskly into and out of this area.

Please, remove the recent bike lane installation through the Bloor West / Kingsway area, and return some sanity and efficiency to our roadways. A mandatory road safety training for all cyclists would help contribute to both safe and efficient cycling use of our existing road structure. We don't need new bike lands - we need both drivers and cyclists aware of safe and courteous use of our roadways.