I live and work near Bloor…

I live and work near Bloor Street in the Annex and use the Bloor bike lanes every day to commute to and from work in the Bloor West / Dundas area, and to attend business meetings in the downtown core every week. I also use them evenings and weekends to shop in my neighborhood, attend exercise classes, and collect my kids from school.

I used to drive to work every day, spending $30/day on parking, because although I would have preferred to cycle, it was too dangerous for me to do so. The bike lanes have been a game changer for me, allowing me to get exercise and save thousands of dollars per year on parking. They keep me safe, they keep my 3 kids safe, and they encourage a lot more commerce along Bloor because I often stop in at local businesses along Bloor on my commute home, something I never did when driving.

The bike lanes are very well used year round, and I often count more cyclists than cars on Bloor every time I ride. Ten people on bikes take up a tiny fraction of ten people in cars,
So who is really causing the gridlock?

Removing the lanes will put cyclists in danger and I oppose their removal in the strongest possible way. The street parking is the real problem; carving out a whole lane of traffic so four cars can park on a whole city block is absurd.

I strongly oppose the arbitrary removal of these lanes to score political points. This government is illogically pushing for MORE cars in the city which will never solve the problem of traffic congestion. Focus on what every other great city in the world is doing: mixed mobility solutions that make roads better for ALL users.