As a life-long cyclist (60…

As a life-long cyclist (60 years in Toronto), I have biked hundreds of thousands of kilometers in multiple cities in the world. Toronto - and Ontario - lag FAR behind in terms of appropriate infrastructure of CHOICE in safe transportation. Bicycling has been my preferred mode for commuting and getting around the city, by saving me time and providing exercise. I have so enjoyed the installation of bike lanes over the last decade in Toronto. Your bill will NOT save me time, cycling does.

Removing bike lanes from some of the most travelled arteries in Toronto will certainly lead to death and injury for vulnerable road users. As a cyclist who has been hit from the side and doored by someone on busy roads without bike lanes, I can attest to the physical and emotional injury consequent to unsafe infrastructure. Cycling and infrastructure that encourages cycling - which bike lanes do - have innumerable benefits to individual health (physically and emotionally), community health, local economic health, and climate health.

Further, gridlock is a result of inadequate policies decreasing automobile use. Please empower municipalities to create plans that benefit ALL citizens, rather than dragging them back and getting in their way.