Do not remove bike lanes. We…

Do not remove bike lanes. We know you are doing this as a political ploy to win votes from suburban commuters, and it's completely unethical. If you want specific comments for why this should not happen:

1. Bike lanes save lives. More cyclists will die than the number that are already killed on our dangerous car-centred streets every year. Do you hear that? People will die. What if it were a person you knew and loved?

2. This is extreme overreach by the province, which should not steal jurisdiction from the City for its petty political games.

3. This will cost taxpayers. We paid for the bike lanes to be added - as a cyclist, I felt this was a great use of my money. Now you're saying that you will rip them out, at an added cost to taxpayers. Why are we paying twice for your ego project? Aren't you supposed to be "stopping the gravy train"? I thought that was the Ford Family motto.

4. The City and all people everywhere have a responsibility to reduce our carbon emissions. This will add to carbon emissions as cyclists get into cars instead.

5. If you remove safe biking, there will be more people getting into cars. If people think that there will be less congestion, they will drive on those streets. What does this do? It adds congestion. Where will you be? No further ahead.

This is wrong and you know it, and are revelling in upsetting Torontonians. Why be in politics if you just hate a huge percentage of the people you "rule over"?