An advocacy group is claiming the Bloor Street bike lanes in Etobicoke are putting lives at risk

Cody McCrae, the founder of community advocacy group Balance on Bloor, said Tuesday they requested Freedom of Information Act data on emergency response times along a portion of Bloor Street West and found the average response time appears to have gone up by 143 seconds since the bike lanes were installed.

“That isn’t a delay. It’s a difference between survival and a tragedy,” said McCrae. “It’s not bikes versus cars. It’s about honesty and it’s about priorities.”

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