I live on an arterial road…

I live on an arterial road downtown, in the west end, with many businesses on it that is constantly congested with cars. Thank goodness we have safe accessible bike lanes just north and south, so we can get around quickly, efficiently, and without entering the danger that cars present.

Modern, smart cities worldwide, like Paris and many others, are creating an interconnected bike lane system so people have a safe, comfortable, and practical alternative to costly, dangerous, polluting automobiles, which after all are the root cause of congestion!!

Bike lanes *reduce* congestion. Ironically, the Ontario government's plan will spend money to worsen congestion and make streets deadlier. I understand the bike lanes targetted are along public transit routes like Yonge and Eglinton...people need to bike to and from stations to tackle the "last mile" problem.

The idea of a government spending so many millions of dollars just to destroy the popular bike lanes that were put in place under the same government is baffling. It strikes me and many as an extremely anti-democratic waste of money that will only make the city and traffic itself worse.

Why squander the time, money, and political capital by going back and shredding what is already working for people? If you can find a single study that suggests bike lanes cause traffic please, base your proposal on it. I can't find one and neither can anybody else.

Thank you.