I would like to compliment…

I would like to compliment the Ontario Government for taking leadership and proposing legislation that would end the madness created by our mayor and Toronto City Hall politicians re-bike lanes in general, but specifically bike lanes that remove a lane of traffic both ways such as those on portions of Yonge Street between Bloor and St.Clair. While I am not anti-bike, there are many other road alternatives, not as convenient for bikers or the food delivery service providers on e-scooters who seem to proliferate these lanes, that could better accommodate the safety issue that the bike lobby always raises without causing such disruption to traffic flows on Yonge Street and surrounding side streets as drivers use them to avoid traffic jams. The vast majority of bikers using these lanes in my view show total disregard for safety and rules of the road. They ride as if they feel the world owes them and everything revolves around them. Always very aggressive in their riding behaviour and it seems they feel they are immune to stop signs, rules of the road, red lights, speed limits and merging traffic, no lights at night, no helmets in many cases. The police are not going to do anything about it and the bikers know it resulting in their total disregard. I am in my 70's and live in the Summerhill area. We are forced to pick our time of day to go out , or grocery shopping or arrange doctor appointments to avoid the traffic congestion and mess the bike lanes have created especially in the 2-7 pm time frame on Monday to Friday. As a homeowner in the area if things don't improve there should be a quality of life tax refund on our city taxes for the inability to live normally as residents as other Torontonians do in other areas. Stop trying to make our city into Amsterdam, the cities are totally designed and built differently. Thank you Ontario Government, at least the conservative portion, for leadership on this issue and end the madness and bring common sense back into this discussion with city politicians who have only shown their ability to cause kaos amongst its citizens.