I'm truly sorry if the…

I'm truly sorry if the Premier is upset that his travel time to his office at Queen's Park is taking a little longer than it seemed to take a couple of years ago: he blames this on the 'bike lanes' on Bloor Street. Might I suggest he takes the TTC every so often, just to see how the other 'half' get around in downtown Toronto. Or he could take a bike.
I don't ride a bike any longer, since I have decrepit knees: I drive a car along Bloor often, from Royal York to Runnymede, and tolerate the reduced speed well, but my husband does, and uses his bike to run errands, and generally get around our part of the town. He finds the bike lanes very useful, and he feels safer doing so with the bike lanes.
Yes, I agree that at 'rush hour' Bloor street from the Old Mill to Jane Street is congested, but I would place the blame largely on the difficult triangle intersection at Bloor and Jane, where the traffic lights rarely coordinate, often causing backlogs on Bloor. And of course, presently, there's construction on the north-west corner with condominium construction: the construction takes up a lane on the north side of Bloor.
In short, if you're fortunate to have someone drive you, use the time you're in traffic to do something other than complain how long it's taking to get somewhere. Use the time wisely. Read, listen to the radio, podcasts, or just think of how you're going to spend your $200. I'd argue that lengthened traffic times are in part a function of how many more cars there are on the road--even since 1986--when I moved back to Toronto, where I was born. Cheer up Doug.