The city of Toronto should…

The city of Toronto should focus on removing vehicular traffic from the downtown core rather than increasing the amount of vehicles that exist in the downtown core. Countless examples are present of cities all over the world we are circulation throughout heavily populated areas is increased by focusing on pedestrian and bicycle traffic and removing vehicular traffic from cars.

If the city of Toronto is truly interested in increasing people's ability to move through the city efficiently and safely, they should be removing vehicular access to the downtown core and bolstering bicycle, public transit, and pedestrian access to these areas. The recent Taylor Swift concert is a perfect example, where the City closed roads and removed vehicular access from areas of downtown in order to support the circulation of pedestrians throughout the city. Not only did this create a safer space for pedestrians as they moved through the city, but other areas of the city became more efficient as well as people stopped driving downtown. I cannot say it more plainly: If you want to remove traffic, remove the things making the traffic. Do not allow for more of the things making the traffic into the place with the traffic.

Vehicular lanes can only become so narrow when car manufacturers are increasing the size of vehicles, and with the growing popularity of inefficient, oversized, and inappropriate use a vehicles to transport single individuals throughout the city, increasing the number of lanes for traffic will only incentivize people to create more and more gridlock.

The reason everyone loves to vacation in Europe is because the cities are walkable and visitors are able to get around efficiently and independently without the use of a motor vehicle. Creating a walkable city is 100% possible within Canadian cities, and the first step is incentivizing people to use public transit and bicycles by creating and supporting the infrastructure which allows it.

Removal of bike Lanes in the city of Toronto is a step towards grayer cities, and a historically proven way to decrease the livability, overall happiness, and efficiency of a city.

Finally, if bike lanes are removed from the city, historically, cyclists will make their own lanes creating more traffic, more accidents, more injuries, and a worse City