Hi there, I’m a resident of…

Hi there,

I’m a resident of Toronto West - High Park/Parkdale Area.

When I moved here 2.5 years ago, I was excited to live close to downtown. It would make it easier to commute and get downtown for events and work.

However, it’s been shown based on multiple ways to get downtown (streetcar, subway, go train, car) that bikes remain the most efficient, quickest and environmentally friendly way to get downtown. We specially subscribed to BikeShare for this purpose.

We believe it is an insurmountable waste of resources to remove the bike lanes along University and other areas? Why? It is not proven in anyway that adding more lanes to busy gridlock areas actually “decreases traffic”. Any evidence is purely anecdotal and not based in fact whatsoever.

We should be investing in proper infrastructure for public transit and bike access. My fiancé dislikes biking downtown but with the recent addition of some bikes lanes, she’s taken to using it more often. This is in contract to us taking a four seater car downtown and bogging the roads down even more.

Please do not vote this through, there is so proof this is effective and frankly it leads me to believe this government has no care for the community they serve when the focus is put on these priorities. This bill looks to move us backwards in time when we should be putting more emphasis on our environment and not less.

Thank you and please consider this plea from a community member.