I would like you to consider…

I would like you to consider the facts about bikes lanes impact on congestion and local businesses.

Here are a few facts about bike lanes in Toronto's Bloor Annex:

• Monthly customer spending and number of customers in the Bloor Annex increased after bike lanes were installed
• Retail vacancies in the Bloor Annex have not changed in eight years since bike lane installation
• Road safety for all users has improved since the installation of bike lanes resulting in fewer fatalities and better road safety outcomes for all road users
• No evidence of increased emergency response times due to bike lanes said chiefs of Toronto Paramedics and Toronto Fire to city’s Infrastructure & Environment
• Putting bike lanes on residential streets would have an extreme negative impact on street parking for residents
• Bike lanes reduce congestion
• 1 million: approximate number of cyclists who rode the Bloor Street bike lanes between Avenue Road and Shaw Street between February 2018 and February 2019
• 8,000: number of cyclists per day that Bloor Annex BIA believes currently use the Bloor bike lanes today
• 9 years: number of years that Bloor Annex bike lanes have been part of complete street renewal