Returning vehicular only…

Returning vehicular only lanes to where the bike lanes have been installed will make streets unsafe, slower, and an extremely wasteful amount of time, tax payers money and construction resources for everyone utilizing these roads.

The bike lanes on University, Bloor Street, and other roads have been coordinated with traffic engineers, community members, businesses, city planners and staff for a number of years. To return them back to vehicular only lanes makes the streets unsafe for not only cyclists, but pedestrians and cars as well. More lanes means faster speeds and unsafe drivers.

Given the numerous cyclist deaths and collisions this year alone in the city, this is a regression in civic planning and city building.

As a cyclist, transit rider, driver, pedestrian, and overall champion for greater mobility in the city, this proposal is a one-sided, biased and provides little data to improving the safety of our streets.

As well, this also shows the Ontario government's disregard for environmental stewardship and support for modes of transportation that is not fossil-fuel based. Adding more cars on the road does not improve traffic conditions that get folks where they need to be faster. This solution adds more capacity to a volume of vehicular service that is already broken to begin with.