I have just returned from a…

I have just returned from a walk around my neighbourhood and over to Bloor Street West. It is a grey, drizzly day, but there were cyclists out for a ride, commuters (judging by the clothing), shoppers going to the stores along Bloor Street. Please do not remove the bike lanes just as they are getting more and more popular, known, trusted and used. As I walked home from Bloor Street, the only congestion I see and danger I feel is from cars. Drivers are speeding through the neighbourhood, are careless about coming to a full stop at stop signs and come too close for comfort when passing pedestrians.

I live in the Sunnylea neighbourhood. From comments I see on Facebook, some of my neighbours do not want bike lanes wherever they are (“I don’t want a bike lane on my street”). This is not reasonable in the shared space of our city.

I am not sure where the money is coming from to pay for the potential removal. We need to finish the Eglinton crosstown, maintain and improve the TTC and support hospitals and schools. Cancel the billions budgeted for the 413 and spend the money where there are so many people stuck in traffic crossing the city along the 401. Lots of congestion and not a bike in sight.

A minute or two or three in our day is a small price to pay for the the safety and convenience of bike lanes where we need them to get people out of their cars