Highly supportive of…

Highly supportive of removing bike lanes in the Bloor West area, including the Kingsway.

The bike lanes have had numerous detrimental affects to my neighborhood, without delivering the intended value. I’m speaking with regular bikers and as a car driver, I can say these bike lanes add no value:

1 - traffic has been impeeded on major routes, negatively impacting local business, the backbone of our community

2 - the lanes are unsafe to bikers in the way they were built. The lanes hide bikers behind parked cars, making it very hard for drivers to see them, creating significant hazzards for all on the road

3 - as a city that experiences real winter, and inclement shoulder seasons, bikers admit to not wanting to use the lanes for at least half of the year, meaning traffic is disrupted for no reason

4 - the significant traffic impact has meant that cars are re-routing to residential streets, causing safety concerns for children walking to and from school and playing with friends

The lanes need to be removed.