Bike lanes on major streets…

Bike lanes on major streets like Bloor, Yonge Stree and most importantly University Avenue have been a huge problem for allowing speedy movement of emergency vehicles. The surveys that I have seen that say otherwise appear to be very biased and flawed with special interests behind them. Not everyone is privileged to live within biking distance of their jobs, and transit does not reach a lot of places where people are forced to live because of price. We are not like European cities with good climate and small distances. TO think bikes are a solution when people must commute as much as over 100km to work defies common sense. We see the issues with our own eyes every day. It is particularly offensive to watch our money being spent that way, and then ultimately to see bikes still interefering with pedestrians on the sidewalk. Gridlock is bad for the economy. Building bike lanes will not get seniors on bikes, or mothers with children, etc. It is ridiculous that for less than 2% of the population we have added to gridlock that affects our quality of life and our economy on a daily basis. We need common sense solutions to gridlock - more spending on safer and better public transport - not expecting everyone to grab a bike instead! It is also elitist to think that most people could afford to live within biking distance of their work. Most cannot.