I'm an octogenarian cyclist…

I'm an octogenarian cyclist. Yes, I cycle, even in the winter.
We waited a long time for those wonderful bike lanes. I had "Bike Lanes on Bloor" stickers for years on both my bike and on my car.
I feel safe cycling in them, and I feel safe driving next to them, because the cyclists are protected from me and the other drivers.
How dare the Ford government threaten to get rid of them? At a cost – to the taxpayers, of course – higher than the cost of building them. It will save little or no time for drivers, and it will cost lives.
Someday they will be rebuilt. Just like the Eglinton subway. Remember how a previous Conservative government not only stopped building it, but filled it in?
Bike deliveries have been our salvation in the middle of construction – and construction we have always with us.
And: I just made a sign to wear when cycling. It says ZERO EMISSIONS. I saw an electric delivery cart labeled "Zero Emissions," and I thought, That's not exactly true. But for a cyclist it is exactly true. I'm not sure how to attach a photo, but you'll see it at a rally very soon.

Then there's Highway 413, a waste of money and an attack on our environment. And our water. It would take a huge bite out of the Greenbelt. It would destroy thousands of homes. It would destroy important natural heritage. It would mean no consultation with Indigenous communities (so much for Truth and Reconciliation).
And it would eviscerate the provincial environmental assessment procedure. Many years ago, I was on the team that got the Environmental Assessment Act written and adopted.
We who want to protect the environment have to win every time. The people who want to destroy it only have to win once.