I use the Bloor Street bike…

I use the Bloor Street bike lane to commute to and from work every day between Christie Street and Sherbourne Street. Removing this bicycle lane will make my commute more dangerous, and it will not reduce car commute times, which are caused by endless construction and lack of viable alternatives to car travel in many parts of the city. Sharing a lane with cars is frightening and dangerous. I do it every day because cars often block the bike lanes. I recently had a near miss on Wellesley Street East. A cement truck was blocking the bike lane so I was forced to merge into the car lane in front a car. The driver didnt like me in front of him so he passed me, leaving centimeters between him and me and the cement truck. Fewer bike lanes will make incidents like this more and more common. More injuries, more cyclist deaths. Harbord Street is currently under construction and even more dangerous. Plus it ends at Parliament Street in the east and Ossington in the west, and neither of those streets have bike lanes to connect to other east-west streets that do. Please do not remove these lanes. People depend on them for safe, sustainable transportation. Do the right thing. Cancel this legislation.