The choice to add bike lanes…

The choice to add bike lanes on municipal streets should be something that is decided by municipal governments not provincial governments. Cycling is growing quickly in Toronto and is already the fastest way to get around the city downtown. All you need to do is look on google maps and see the times of various forms of transportation to see that cycling is the way to go. We should be encouraging people to cycle not discouraging them.

Most cars in the city are being driven by single drivers which not an efficient use of space in our cities.

It is a myth that bike lanes cause more traffic congestion. What causes congestion is cars, especially cars with only one passenger. It has been shown over and over again if you give more space to cars more cars will come and take up more space. Many studies have been done that prove this. Bicycles take up very little space and can move many more people in a much smaller space. This can be seen in many cities like Copenhagen, Berlin, London, Paris as well as Montreal. This is the way of the future and it would be a mistake for us to remove the lanes that have been installed instead we should be building more.