Ontario fast-tracks order to remove key Toronto bike lanes

Ontario Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria says his government could soon scrap the entire length of bike lanes along Toronto’s Bloor Street, University Avenue and Yonge Street, despite originally announcing he would ask the city for data on cycle paths installed over the past five years before any decisions were made.The minister was asked on Friday for more detail about what stretches of the three roads could be affected after the province posted its intention to draft regulations that said it would allow it to “remove sections of the Bloor Street, Yonge Street, and University Avenue bike lanes” and restore car lanes, a move Mr. Sarkaria says is needed to fight traffic congestion.