I strongly object to the…

I strongly object to the removal of bike lanes in the City of Toronto. I use them everyday, especially the lane on Bloor/Danforth. There are frequently large number of cyclists on the route. Prior to the lanes being installed, the curb lane was usually used by vehicles illegally stopping and rarely functioned for the flow of motor vehicles. Tagging and towing illegally parked/stopped cars will do much more for the flow of traffic than removing bike lanes and forcing cyclists back into vehicles.

We should be encouraging people to look for alternatives to motor vehicles in this day in age. Many other cities have proven that bicycle infrastructure can be incorporated into the city fabric and the safer it becomes to cycle, the more people will do it. Before any bike lanes are removed there should be a current study done of cyclists in Toronto and we need to stop referring to a decade old study. The city has dramatically changed in that time, as has bicycle technology with power assisted models making longer trips and trips with more topography more comfortable to cycle.

The province should be focusing their efforts on getting our public transit infrastructure open and functioning, rather than unravelling the work that has already been completed implementing bike lanes.