Please keep our bike lanes…

Please keep our bike lanes on major streets and expand them!

Why would we make bicycles use side streets when we all know that everyone chooses the fastest and most convenient way to get from point A to point B? Just the same way cars want to take Bloor St W, so too do bicycles. If I can't ride my bike safely on major roads, I'll just drive. Because using side streets takes longer and involves more hills. For.example, getting across the Humber on Bloor St W: Not using Bloor in my area would make biking totally unviable because I'd have to tackle huge hills around Old Mill and my route would go from being almost as fast as driving to far slower.

I rely on Bloor St W bike lanes to stay safe on my commute and keep my son safe as we travel around the neighborhood. Bike lanes save lives, promote active, environmentally friendly transportation, and give many people a viable option to get around without their car.

I would be clogging Bloor St W in my SUV about 80% more often if we didn't have the Bloor St bike lanes.

What city on earth is moving backwards to promote car centric transportation? This does not align with the City's plan nor with the Sustainable Development Goals. The province is seriously overstepping.

Please save our bike lanes!