Please do not go forward…

Please do not go forward with this proposal. I am both a motorist and a cyclist and this makes no sense. I live just off a busy street(Montreal Rd) that recently had a lane removed to install bike lanes and it has not made any difference to traffic. Which is backed up by a large number of studies across the world. I now bike for about 80% of my commuting needs all year round (which means one less car clogging up roads). It does, however, give me a safe space to cycle in without worrying about being killed by one of the many impatient, aggressive, or distracted driver's out there. People will die without safe cycling lanes, that is a fact. There is room for all of us out there - cars, busses, pedestrians, and yes, cyclists. We all must share the road. I am also a paramedic of 16 years, so for those that are saying it slows emergency vehicles down let me assure you - it does not. I have never once found them to be an issue. As the chiefs of several emergency services have said publicly as well. I have picked up the bodies of dead young people hit by cars though.