I am heartbroken about the…

I am heartbroken about the removal of bike lanes. I am a senior, and I cycle at least four times a week. I am grateful for the Yonge, Bloor, and University lanes. Because of bike lanes, I can get to the Waterfront, to the various shops I support, to the markets I purchase groceries from, to city hall to watch Council, to the opera house, to the TSO, to CanStage, to live music venues, to my music lesson, and restaurants on Bloor and Queen. I use my bike for all of these things. I even cycle to my doctor's offer at Yonge and Davisville. I cycle to Mt. Pleasant graveyard to visit my family. I cycle. And it is not an electric bike. I ride my bike. And now my city is being forced by the provincial government, which I didn't vote for, to make it unsafe for me to cycle. Removing bike lanes will get me killed. Since Ford's announcement, drivers have told me to f&*k off, get off the road, and get out of the lane. I have been honked at by a driver who drove right up behind me to force me off my bike. It was a one-way street with cars parked on both sides. It was my lane to take, yet this UBER driver laid on the horn to get me out of his way instead of waiting a minute. It was a short street. The end was in sight. This has been all since Ford's announcement, and I know he does not care. I know this. I know he will see the removal of a few bike lanes as a start. Oh! And I drive and own a car. I find driving where bike lanes are the best as I can see the cyclists.

I have lived in Toronto for 44 years. I have contributed, paid my taxes, and voted for a council that supports bike lanes, yet the Premier wants to be the Mayor and Councillor and he gets to bully his way around.

Want to eliminate gridlock? Reduce the number of Uber and Lyft drivers coming into the city who stop their cars and wait. Or prevent developers from taking a car lane to build yet another new condo that will take years to complete. Remove the parking lanes first.

But I know... no one cares about seniors (Ford has shown that), and no one cares about making a great livable city.