I used to love shopping on…

I used to love shopping on Bloor St W. Now we have ugly white poles along the road way and I personally know 2 older men, who have tripped and fallen over them. There are long dark planters filled with weeds. Green, lavender and red blocks are painted along the roadways. I feel as if I am living in Clown Town. It takes me 3-4 red lights to make a left hand turn along Bloor. No matter how many times you say in a chirpy voice that bike lanes will eliminate pollution, it is not true. It takes longer to drive anywhere. I must leave 2-3 times earlier to get out to Mississauga, so am running my car longer. The noise pollution is 5xs as much because people are constantly honking their horns. Emergency services are against these bike lanes are now driving through residential areas to avoid traffic. So are private cars and delivery vans. I have to be very careful getting out of my car when visiting my son, as there is now much more traffic. Kids can no longer play road hockey or ride their bikes. The bike lane committee just lies and has no truth that bike lanes are helping the environment. They didn’t even ask Emergency Services about their opinions. STo top it all off, hardly any cyclists use the bike lanes. I can walk several blocks up Bloor and back home with out even seeing one cyclist. The whole proposition is ill thought out and has disrupted the whole neighbourhood.