The bike lanes on Bloor have…

The bike lanes on Bloor have caused massive congestion on Bloor especially between Islington and Keele that I have witnessed first hand. Yesterday as I was just trying to get onto Bloor there was a back up on Gardenvale because of too much congestion on Bloor. In the middle of day there is bumper to bumper traffic stretching from Islington to Keele. When I finally managed to get onto Bloor I noticed the bike lanes were empty as usual and then a single bike rider rode by on the sidewalk. After getting onto Bloor from Gardenvale I quickly got off Bloor to taking Montgomery up to Dundas. Bloor has become a road you avoid at all cost because the bike lanes have caused such severe and unnecessary congestion.

Bike lanes have a place but not on the main arteries on the city--they should be moved to secondary streets. If you want more safety for bikes put them on secondary streets where cars are travelling at a slower rate of speed so if there is an accident you don't necessary have a fatality. Remove the bike lanes whatever the cost.

The traffic in those bike lanes is non-existent and has been a failed experiment--get rid of them and getting Bloor moving again.