What do bike lanes mean to me?
 With the recent discussion on allowing cars to park in the bike lanes during off peak hours. I thought I would give my thoughts on what #HamOnt's bike lanes mean to me.
I ride my bike daily. Having the bike lanes gives me a relatively safe network of bike lanes to get me around town and to appointments. Yes the frequency of vehicles stopped in the bike lanes is more than annoying. But what is even more annoying is that the deterrent for this is a fine of $30. If we want to truly encourage multi-modal travel than we should be making more continuous protected bike lanes especially around schools and parks. Not studying how to take away from what we have. I remember growing up the bike racks at the schools I attended were almost always full. As a aging adult the freedom bike lanes give me mean I don't have to ride during day light hours. If I have a sleepless night or my blood sugar is to high I can hop on my bike and peddle it out.