Some road fixes should be immediate, others need time

Re City could encourage cycling by fixing its roads, Sept. 10 A-ha! At last, a complaint about the condition of Bathurst St. Having to make five trips to Baycrest Hospital from the Bloor St. terminal was the worst experience I have ever had on a TTC bus. For half and hour, the bus bumps along the route on a totally ragged road. With a high hamstring injury, I had to stand for the half-hour both ways on all five of my trips.

TTC, do the poor riders of that bus route, which is a busy one, a favour and take the halfhour trip. I guarantee you will have road repairs done ASAP. Dorothy Gordon, Toronto Encouraging cycling in Toronto requires a two-prong solution: We need to repair roads throughout the city for both our cyclists and our cars; and we need to accept and embrace changes as we create more bike paths.

When the bike paths Woodbine Ave. were first created, there was great resistance as people complained about their initial lack of use. We live in an age of immediacy, wanting immediate results and solutions. It most often takes time to see results. Last week, as I travelled north on Woodbine Ave., I saw many cyclists on the path, which has seen an increase as more and more people learned of this solution. I didn’t see any traffic backlogs on Woodbine Ave.

It does take time to accept change, to give it time to work. There are two major benefits of cycling: cleaner air and personal health from exercise. Let’s give these benefits time to spread throughout our population. Susan Kohlhepp, Toronto