My wife and I live near…

My wife and I live near Yonge St in the Summerhill area. It used to be a nice place to live in the heart of the city. Sadly that has been dramatically changed with the addition of the bike lanes and all the curbs, plastic sticks, painted roads and signs that come with them. There are many, many issues with the resulting chaos caused by the unbearable congestion. Virtually every street is clogged with cars going nowhere, honking and spewing more emissions than necessary.
The bike lanes are under utilized, and many of the bikes themselves are (delivery) e-bikes going way too fast with little regard for the rules of the road, let alone using common courtesy, and will jump to the sidewalk when it suits them. It’s dangerous for them, for pedestrians and for drivers who can’t see them coming out of nowhere on their left side. It’s a whole new kind of road rage.
Finally, with traffic at a standstill, how are emergency vehicles supposed to get through, when seconds count, to say nothing about the sirens themselves blasting for far too long because they can’t move.
Winter’s coming; we’ll have no bikes for months, but the traffic will still be going nowhere, clogging the streets, honking and spewing more emissions. Please remove these lanes from Yonge street in particular; there are many other less important streets that would even be safer for cyclists and fix this madness in midtown. And please listen to the vast, vast majority of us that want their city to be more accommodating, sensible and yes, less unsightly too.
JG.