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Please remove the bike and scooter lanes on major roads in Toronto. Reclaiming those lanes for the use of cars, buses and trucks will reduce congestion, inconvenience and lost time for the vast majority of people who use the roads in this city.

And please do one more thing -- make the riders of bikes and scooters conduct themselves safely and make them obey the rules of the road.

That means obligating riders of bikes and scooters to:

- ride with bright front lights and good-sized rear reflectors;
- obey red lights, stop signs, crosswalks and pedestrian crossovers;
- not dart or weave from one lane of traffic to another;
- dismount and walk like a pedestrian when using sidewalks, crosswalks and pedestrian crossovers;
- yield once a vehicle has begun to make a turn; and
- signal their intentions properly while riding.
- Bike riders would be obligated to dismount when they stop at a red light, stop sign and pedestrian crossover.

Government should put these obligations into effect through a combination of public education and vigorous enforcement.