I commute everyday downtown…

I commute everyday downtown and I rarely see anyone using the bike lanes from Royal York to South Kingsway. This is for spring, summer and fall. In the winter, I never see anyone. It seems the data used for actual biking usage of the lanes is erroneous.

The lane reduction due to bike lanes has increased my commute time by at least 10 minutes.

It has made traffic on side streets such as King George’s Road quite dangerous, cars are not respecting speed limits and stop signs. They are trying to avoid the traffic jam in Bloor a street. I’m quite anxious when my 10 yr old son walks from his school bus stop now. Emergency vehicles now use side streets since there is always congestion on Bloor. It should not be the case.

The bike lanes has made driving on Bloor street quite confusing. Many drivers end up in the bike lanes anyways at stop signs since they are so wide, they look like a regular traffic lane. It is dangerous for the very few bikers who use the biking lanes.

Bloor street does not need bike lanes when it already has the TTC. Bike lanes should be on side streets, where there is no access to TTC and where congestion is not as much an issue.