Hello, I am a resident of…

Hello,

I am a resident of Toronto, and have been for my entire 41 years of life so far. To get around the city for work, shopping and recreation, I’ve utilized driving, cycling and TTC. To remove one type of infrastructure to favour another is counterproductive, a waste of money and in the end, makes it harder and more dangerous for people to get around the city. By favouring cars over bikes in the removal of these bike lanes you are doing a disservice to the people of Toronto. If there are fewer safe bike lanes, you are discouraging cyclists from cycling and forcing them into cars - as I used to do - and thereby increasing traffic and gridlock. This is simple stuff and I know there are many studies that illustrate this. Your provincial government really shouldn’t have the means to touch these bike lanes, which is further troubling. These are municipal issues, not provincial ones. Until I can see otherwise, it really seems like there is some personal vendetta that Doug Ford has against bike lanes and cyclists. Immature, short sighted and counter productive. Please leave the bike lanes as they are and stay out of municipal affairs!