The provincial government…

The provincial government shouldn't be adding red tape and bureaucracy. The Mayor of Toronto is against the proposed removal of bike lanes. As the representative of the people of the City of Toronto the provincial government should not be ignoring the voice of the people. I do not own a car and walking and cycling are how I get places. With the amount of food delivery bikers on the road today if lanes are removed some of these bikers will use sidewalks so they can be more safe. I've been hit by a bike before I don't want this to be a common occurrence. Biking is currently the fastest mode of transportation through certain areas of the city. Removal of bike lanes could affect this. Some of these food delivery bikers will switch to the driving if the lanes are removed which will only increase congestion. The provincial government has also suggested building replacement bike lanes on side streets. On Bloor there is no obvious side street replacement, nothing goes fully parallel with Bloor. Less people will cycle when if it isn't a safe, or worse, people will die. It'll be easier for drivers if bikers have their own lanes, many bikers that need to use Bloor, Yonge, and/or University will continue to use them so they will only clog up traffic more and make congestion worse.