I am in complete favour of…

I am in complete favour of the removal of bike from Bloor Street West. Every day, I have to navigate Bloor Street West from Dundas to Jane and the congestion is horrible. It’s also challenging to navigate around people trying to exit their vehicles from the parking spots into live traffic. Additionally, I shudder when there are emergency vehicles trying to get to their destination but with no lanes for traffic to move off to, their task is challenging to say the least. The other concern is the lack of visibility of oncoming bike lane vehicles when trying to make a right turn onto a secondary road. The vertical pylons obstruct the visual field.

While I appreciate that the city thinks that they are improving the safety of cyclists, the majority of vehicles I witness in the new bike lanes are electric bikes and scooters. I am a senior who has lived in this area for 30 years and for the record, I have been an avid cyclist for over 30 years. I also want to voice my frustration about the changes in High Park in favour of cyclists. I have several friends who are physically incapable of walking into the park when it is closed to vehicles, so we no longer congregate there on the weekends. The increased congestion in the area makes it difficult and dangerous to find a parking spot even for those who are willing to try the shuttle.

Please remove the bike lanes and return our neighborhood to normalcy.