Studies have shown that…

Studies have shown that adding car lanes only helps congestion for a brief moment, and then makes it worse once people realize there are more lanes. Studies have also shown that adding bike lanes decreases congestion, through reducing the number of cars on the road. In genera, while the city has lots of people commuting into the city for work, it needs to make getting around the city better for those in the city too. This will involve safer and more bike lanes, more frequent public transportation, and getting rid of some of the cars in the city-not adding. I suggest limiting the street parking on large streets, and using that space for safe bike lanes instead.

I recently traveled to Europe and had an eye opening experience in realizing how behind Toronto is. Everyone there was biking, transit was fast, those who drove could do it safely because there were fewer cars on the road and more safety protecting bikers from cars. Seeing all this while knowing Toronto is on the verge of making such a tragic decision genuinely made me feel that maybe, Toronto can't be home yet, maybe Toronto will be safer for us in the future, but if this goes through, it will be several steps backwards.

Signed, someone who bikes, drives, and walks in the city.