I'm sorry, in what world is…

I'm sorry, in what world is spending an estimated $48 million in additional costs to provincial taxpayers for the removal of bike lanes on major Toronto streets a smart idea? We're just pissing money away. Are there not countless other ways this money could be spent to improve the day-to-day lives of Torontonians. Like on improving the TTC conditions so folks who don't drive can actually rely on our transportation system? Like building shelters to help people move out of park encampments? Or what about that talk-o-the-town affordable housing?

When the weather behaves, I use the Bloor bike lanes multiple times a week to get to work—and let me tell you, there's heavy bike traffic. Do you think us cyclists are just going to walk to work instead? No, we're not. We're going to become more entangled in traffic, there will be more tragic accidents, and there will be even more of an us-against-them mentality. I don't want it to be bikes versus cars; I think most of us have been on both sides of the coin and are understanding of the other perspective. But when fairweather cyclists feel less safe on the roads and they own cars, which one do you think they'll reach for over the other? And which one will take up MORE space on the roads? Removing the bike lanes simply doesn't make sense; it will have the opposite effect.