In total agreement on…

In total agreement on removing bike lanes on Bloor W Street and other main streets in Toronto. It is unfortunate that our municipal government does not hear and act based on majority's opinion and majority's needs. Bike lanes need to be placed so that they do not create more obstacles in traffic.
I live on Bloor Str W and I spend almost every day, at least 2 hours, walking on Bloor West Village. I see very few bikes, sometimes none. I always see cars idling Polution? I see problems for disabled people, people with children in strollers etc. trying to get in and out of cars, trying to manage over concrete blocks. I see wasted infrastructure. The roads were designed for car traffic, we now have hatched areas used by no one. I drive a few ties a week from my home to my daughter's home on Royal York It takes me 30min minimum for 6km distance with few or no bikes. The only reason we don't have accidents is because there are very few bike lanes users. The car lane on Bloor Str W going east over the Humber River to the Jane street is a disaster. Whoever designed it should come back to look at the congestion there at any time during the day. I wrote to our Councillor last year asking many specific questions, one being: has anyone completed the study after the bike lanes have been installed to check and prove their goal. Do we know actually what was the goal? I don't. If the goal was more bikes, less cars (which would only be logical to assume as a valid goal)-it has not been achieved. Another very important issue-can emergency vehicles get through? Or do they now take side streets to avoid these main, which used to be 2 car lanes. I didn't get any meaningful response from the Councillor to these 2 questions.
I think that a full transparency and post bike lanes traffic study should have already been completed by the Municipal Government, since it created so much opposing, strong views. It should not have created a political situation in which we are now. I personally don't know anyone who is pro bike lanes on main Toronto streets.
My position on bike lanes is completely apolitical. I feel that, unfortunately, the Provincial Government had to step in.