I've lived in Toronto for 24…

I've lived in Toronto for 24 years, and use the bikes lanes daily to get to work. I remember what the city was like before the installation of the bike lanes on Bloor, and it was extremely dangerous. Pre-bike lanes, i was doored several times on Bloor, and seriously injured one of those times, and I can't imagine a world where we willingly go back to that system, let alone pay $48m to do so. I also own a car, and imagine I will drive more often once my commute becomes so much more dangerous, and assume a lot of other cyclists will drive more as well if that is an option for them. According to all of the writing I've seen on the topic, this will make traffic congestion worse, not better. As most major cities across the globe are expanding their bike infrastructure, it's embarrassing that we are considering reducing ours. Please do not do this, it will cost our province a lot of money, and cost our city lives, all for this weird attempt at stirring up 'culture war' conflict so Doug Ford can have people focus on this instead of his failure to create the affordable housing he promised us when he entered office. This is transparent and gross, and I assumed it would be beneath the PC party to attempt this, but here we are. Do not rip out bike lanes in Toronto, it would represent a major step backwards and is not what the people of Toronto want.