As a road user in Toronto …

As a road user in Toronto (car owner who drives mostly on roads with bike lanes, cyclist and pedestrian at different times) I don’t think removing bike lanes will help move traffic faster and save time.

Removing bike lanes will make all road users less safe, including very likely result in deaths and serious injury.

This proposal represents a step backwards for the city and the province. There’s been a huge increase in the number of cyclist over the past few years, mostly due to improved cycling infrastructure. The removal of this infrastructure will shift cyclists back into cars, making driving even slower.

We should be building better infrastructure to support and improve conditions for all road users (different forms of micro mobility, conventional bikes etc). The only way to fight congestion is to get more people out of cars-unfortunately this proposal does exactly the opposite.

Urging the government to reconsider.