Bike lanes do not cause…

Bike lanes do not cause gridlock, but construction obstruction and reckless drivers. Improving road infrastructure like dedicated lanes for public transport and more bike lanes would present alternatives reducing the number of cars on the roads. Every cyclist on the road could be considered one less car in the street. Not to mention that bicycles do not wear and damage the street surface like automobiles, and create no pollution/ emissions.

I am a senior from a car-less family and rely on bicycling and walking for my daily errands. I live close to Bloor street, where I shop. I use University Ave and Yonge Street 2-3 times each week to go to church, medical appointments and entertainment. I bicycle for ecological and financial reasons, to preserve my mental and physical health, for convenience and independence. To be deprived of this possibility would have disastrous effects on me and my family.

Removing any bike lanes would practically endanger my life: forcing me to choose between the very stressful and dangerous merging with motorized traffic [which would also slow down said traffic!] or giving up bicycling and therefore my mobility right in my 'golden years'! That is not acceptable.