I look forward to seeing what specific changes the mayor has in mind for the Bloor Street bike lanes in #Etobicoke. My position from the beginning has been that the city should: 1. Consult properly with our community on existing and proposed bike lanes. 2. Move the Bloor bike lanes to more suitable streets. 3. Stop plans to extend the Bloor bike lanes further west into Etobicoke Centre. 4. Future plans should support the key objectives of sound transportation planning and be based in evidence. Let me be very clear: I am not ideological about bike lanes. Bike lanes make sense in some places and don't make sense in others. The objectives of sound transportation planning should include: getting as many people to where they need to go by all forms of transportation as quickly, safely, and cost effectively as possible, while minimizing the impact on the environment and supporting our local economy. Plans should be based on evidence. Unfortunately, when deciding to replace 2 car lanes with bike lanes on Bloor, the city was clearly pursuing different objectives than those above. In my view the city should not have replaced two car lanes with the Bloor bike lanes in Etobicoke as they don't achieve the key objectives of transportation planning & have caused great harm in Etobicoke. 5. They have had a predictably devastating impact on traffic flow with limited benefit. 6. They risk our safety in emergencies. 7. They have increased emissions and harmed the environment. 8. Local small businesses have suffered. Click on this link to read further on my position: mailchi.mp/06bb2db333ea/bloo…