Hi There, It disappointed me…

Hi There,

It disappointed me when I first heard the news that the Province was considering removing bike lanes. As a resident of Toronto, with a car, the bike system in Toronto is still my favourite way to commute around the City. When I'm travelling within the City, I use the bike system, before driving and before public transit. My boyfriend bikes every day to and from work with lanes along the road through his whole journey. We love how bike friendly the City is with the bike lanes and feel extremely safe biking here, which plays a significant role in our decision to use biking in the City as our main form of transportation.

If we reduced the amount of lanes, I may resort to calling more Ubers or begin driving (which doesn't help with the traffic issue). We want to promote healthy ways of commuting around the City and find alternative solutions to traffic issues. Possibly reducing public transit costs, or removing street cars?!! We shouldn't be taking away bike lanes after we spent so much work and money putting into the City in the first place.

Thanks for listening. I hope this made a little bit of difference!