As a small business owner,…

As a small business owner, parent, pedestrian and frequent driver, I’m writing to urge the government to reconsider this costly and dangerous proposal to tear up existing Toronto cycling infrastructure (and especially bike lanes on Bloor, Yonge & University). Bike lanes save lives, drive foot traffic and make urban areas more livable. Car congestion was terrible before the bike lanes and isn’t materially worse since they went in. Because cars cause congestion. Not bikes. Encouraging citizens to make a more environmentally friendly, cost conscious transportation choice that is also proven to have preventative health benefits (reducing the drain on the public health system) is smart, people-focused, forward thinking policy. Please don’t take this city backwards.