My life does not matter?…

My life does not matter? Presently I ride to work along the Bloor protected bike lane from Jane to Sherbourne and then along the Sherbourne protected bike lane to King. I do this every working day of the year but active snow days. As Bloor is virtually the only street with a protected bike lane that goes this distance (in fact, from one end of the city to the other), its removal guarantees that there would be no other safe route to ride.

The idea that bike lanes on this route could be installed along parallel residential streets is laughable- just look at a map! The route would be almost twice as long with the umpteen north and south jogs required, and would remove parking from all of those streets people live on. No opposition to that? Sure.

Before the lanes were installed, I was hit by cars 3 times. Since? Zero. I want a safe, convenient and healthy alternative to driving a car!

This policy is regressive and dangerous.