Dear Premier Doug Ford and…

Dear Premier Doug Ford and our beloved Ministers,

Re. Mississauga - Bloor - Please STOP Car lane reduction

Please stop the removal of car lanes along the busy bloor street area in Applewood, Mississauga. Your law has come as a god sent blessing for all the hard working people of this area, whose only means of transportation is either the public bus or a car. We cannot afford Bikes and cannot afford to drop our children to school on bikes. This will lead to crowded side streets especially the Silverthorn school side roads where tiny kids are crossing with their parents. One lane (as per physical and chemical evidence) leads to more ground pressure on the road, road will get broken up and more repairs on the same patch of road. There will be no place for emergency vehicles in a single lane. One lane will not allow vehicles to turn safely in applewood school and Tomken school areas which puts kids safety at risk
This traffic is going to crown Cawthra road wherein traffic is anyways very hectic, and vehicles step up the gas to 65kms at a 50km zone to catch up on lost time. The cars are ever increasing on the road and will create choke points and being a biker myself, bloor is very hectic and notwithstanding the well meaning bike lanes, vehicles are going to go very close to the bikers which may result in accidents.
The sidewalks in many areas are way too broad. The sidewalk itself can be bifurcated into 2 lanes one for walking and one for biking. We have not seen many bikers in the area and bikers never use the lane in winters which basically leads to a wasted space for 4 to 5 months in a year
Rear-end collisions are the most common accidents between vehicles.
The 3 second rule wherein the distance between 2 vehicles should be around 3 secs will be bypassed and everyone wants to reach their destination. In winters there will be more collisions leading to a complete breakdown of traffic. Even tow trucks will have a tough time bypassing traffic to reach the accident site. Medical ambulances frequently use this route and emergency vehicles will not be able to pass through. Bloor, Yonge etc. one of the longest roads in Canada and have been built with a traffic in mind by our planners. We trying to reduce the lanes is frankly an insult to their foresight and planning. Instead of cutting down, we should add additional lanes for traffic. It is quite insulting to see hard working middle class like us having to struggle everyday and also adding insult to injury be taking away the only mode of transport for us i.e. the car we drop our kids and go to work. Also the residents will back up from their driveway onto bike lanes leading to more accidents. You are our leader and please consider this as a request from someone who has always cheered for your and your leadership.

Regards,

Nish and family
Applewood area, Mississauga