Given the current government…

Given the current government's stated (but unmet) focus on building housing and densification, giving people options for how they move within and through their communities is the only thing that will work to address congestion. Perhaps the Premier is unaware of how many units have been approved for development over the next decade in Toronto on or near Bloor Street West. If the bike lanes get ripped up, people will just sit in congestion in two lanes instead of one.

Amsterdam wasn't always Amsterdam. Paris wasn't always Paris. Toronto doesn't have to repeat the mistakes made by so many other urban centres.

Don't be upset or surprised if traffic doesn't improve meaningfully when you rip up the lanes. How many cyclists will end up back in cars if you take away their lanes? How many people not in cars will think "oh, the roads are open, time to get back into my car and drive"? How many cyclists will take the lane as per their rights, slowing traffic down behind them?

Six cyclists have died in Toronto this year alone. How many more cyclists will die if they don't have safe infrastructure? How many lives are you willing to sacrifice because you think it will save time on commutes (it won't)? Because apparently that answer isn't zero.

This is dangerously short-sighted and will not solve the problems that you think it will, but it will certainly cause new problems, and it will make fixing it even harder.

If you're going to do the wrong thing and rip up the lanes, what are your plans for compensating the City of Toronto for the installation? If I buy a car and you tell me I can't have it and you offer to tow it away for free, I'm still out the cost of the car. You owe them money - pay them.