I live just off Yonge St…

I live just off Yonge St. The only way in or out of my condo is to use Yonge. Since the bike lanes reduced a lane both ways I deal with the unreasonable traffic on a daily basis. While I sit in gridlock for 20 minutes to travel a few blocks, less than a dozen bikes go by (not even factoring in the winter season which will mean even less bike use). I can't understand the logic that went into the thinking to reduce lanes on a major artery into and out of the Downton core. I don't think a traffic study was necessary to tell us the obvious--loss of vehicle lanes will cause gridlock!!!

I would like to remind the city that the cyclists are not the ones keeping the downtown economy running. It's the professionals driving to work, shopping, taking public transit, going out to restaurants, paying for gas etc in the city core. So don't make it difficult for us to do so.

Not to mention how unattractive our Yonge, Bloor etc streets look. The stanchions look cheap and are falling over, we have concrete blocks on the road (painting them blue doesn't make them prettier) and turquoise lines painted on the road corners. I just returned from Amsterdam. A beautiful city that accommodates cycling yet still manages to maintain an elegant appearance. They don't need plastic poles and paint telling them how to drive around cyclists.

City planners need to do better for our city.