I have worked and lived in…

I have worked and lived in downtown Toronto for the past several decades since my architectural studies at TMU and UofT. Weather permitted, I like to take my bike to do errands in downtown core. Everybody knows that most of the Toronto city roads are narrow bumpy and quite treacherous when one is not riding on bike paths. Often the motorists like to bypass the cyclists in aggressive manner showing their discontent towards the cyclists and I almost hit the curbs or ditches while trying to keep to the right side of the road hanging on to my dear life. Whenever I encounter a few and rare bike lanes in the city, I immediately feel safe again. I visited the Netherlands in 2019 and envy their wonderful bike culture and infrastructure. Their masterful integration of bike and public transportation system into their very liveable urban planning should be emulated and modelled after. How did the Dutch do it? They are a cold climate country as well. Please do the right thing. Bike paths save lives and make Toronto a more liveable and pedestrian friendly city. Let’s not follow the American city model especially LA where cars dictate their city urban planning with even no sidewalks at all.