We/Toronto/people…

We/Toronto/people/communities need the current bike lanes of which we should be so proud. Although initially they took some getting used to, and learning new rules of safety, they are now an essential part of our communities and have increased safety for all. For example, Yonge Street is no longer a freeway in a city but instead a regular road in a community. It is wonderful to see the bike lanes so well used, and thereby cutting down the number of cars on the road. It is heartening to see the food deliverers on two-wheel vehicles delivery food to local homes, including the elderly, in a timely and environmental way. These service jobs both provide work and services that people in our community need.

It is also terrific to be able to cross now a two-lane Yonge street in safely and with ease. It is an advantage to be able to hold conversations on Yonge Street with the great reduction in traffic noise. It’s a benefit for all the businesses in the community in many ways. It would be appalling to remove these bike lanes that were implemented by our own community after much study and at great expense. It would also be fiscally and otherwise irresponsible for the province to take this retrograde step.

You are good at admitting when you are wrong. Please reverse your position on this. This comment applies with even more force to University Avenue, which should continue according to the plan to the benefit of patients, hospitals, emergency vehicles, tourists, Torontonians and a litany of others. People need to find a better way to commute - ie perhaps you could focus on finishing those commuter trains that are within your area of responsibility.