Last week I witnessed an…

Last week I witnessed an Ambulance having to travel on the wrong side of the road (eastbound on a westbound section of Bloor) for two blocks before they could travel onto Royal York heading to the emerg sept at SJHospital. The one eastbound lane was backed up with cars from Royal York to Brentwood Ave ( which is 2 blocks west of RY. The other lane has been taken over by a bike lane. The Ambulance came from avail ke south North to Bloor but could not turn onto Bloor due to the congestion and obviously the cars could not move out of the way thus the ambulance hesitated and waited for the westbound traffic to clear to the west and then took the single westbound lane in an easterly direction for 2 blocks befor turning off Bloor onto Royal York. First responders safety issues here: hesitantly in transporting a person to hospital lost valuable 1-2 minutes then safety of travel on the wrong side of the road for 2 blocks (central median). Distorted traffic patterns due to volume overloaded road congestion caused by reducing traffic lanes available by half! Poor and dangerous non-planning by the the city traffic planning department?