I was almost killed by a…

I was almost killed by a transport truck on Strachan Avenue in 2004. If there had been separate bike lanes, I would not have broken my collar bone, been rushed to the hospital in an ambulance, had to wait in a crowded ER for hours for medical help and missed several days of work. All a great cost to the economy -- Ford's biggest concern.
While cycling in Toronto I have been doored by parked cars, side swiped by car's passing me too close, spit on, called a cycling whore, told to get off the road coz I don't pay taxes and told to get on the sidewalk where I belong. (Note -- all the offenders were men between 18 and 40 years old in vehicles, including a dump truck, a city pick up, and a convertible where the drive had an open beer can in his cupholder.)
So aside from the great costs to the city and the province of tearing up infrastructure, the greater cost is borne by the cyclists and their families.
If I had been killed that day -- I was very fortunate to escape death -- I would have left behind a distraught husband and two young children. The fallout would have been much more costly to society and our precious economy that that of bike lanes.