I also got a robo-reply today (Sunday) from Ford's office re: the Jarvis St. bike lanes so I'm not a happy camper because it means he never read my email. So I wrote him back & copied all Councillors (as I did with my original letter) and the editors of all the Toronto dailies & weeklies.
Dear Mayor Ford
I'm not so much offended that one of your staff members sent me a "robo-reply" on a Sunday after I took the time to write to you but angry that you never even read or considered my letter. I foolishly believed that you actually listened to Toronto residents that you represent if they had a problem with something and considered their input.
I will re-iterate, there is only a three minute increase in traffic between Queen's Quay and Bloor Street on Jarvis and no added traffic congestion as a result of the Jarvis
Street bike lanes. It has "calmed" the street that thousands of people live on (Jarvis Street is not a highway Mayor Ford), as there is less speeding and dangerous "zig-zagging" in and out of traffic when there were three lanes going in the same direction.
Shame on you Mayor Ford for not taking the time to listen to the "pinkos" who choose live and/or cycle downtown when you'd rather succumb to the wishes of your business buddies in Rosedale who want to get home three minutes quicker.
I hope that you show some leadership on other important urban issues facing Toronto in the future.
Regards,
Don xxxxx
Toronto
Copy - Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam, Ward 27 & all Toronto City Councillors
Editors - The Toronto Star, The Toronto Sun, NOW Magazine, The Grid