The Twitter account belonging to Senator Nicole Eaton was deactivated following backlash toward her rant against the new Bloor Street bike lanes.

“Can you imagine closing two lanes of Fifth Avenue to accommodate a few bicycle riders,” she posted on Friday, referring to one of New York City’s main roadways, which in fact has a bike lane stretching about 1.4-kilometres.

Eaton criticized the city for devoting funds to build bike lanes instead of other infrastructure priorities.

“Bicycles are a luxury, most of us use public transportation or walk,” she wrote. “Never seen a bike rider obey traffic laws. They are special.”

Earlier this month, she said Toronto was “such a mess” and resembled a “third world country” compared to New York City, London and Paris.

Eaton declined to comment when contacted by The Star.

Appointed by former Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Eaton has served in the senate since 2009, representing Ontario.

In 2014, she made headlines for comparing Liberal leader Justin Trudeau’s lack of support for U.S.-led airstrikes in Iraq to his father’s opposition to conscription during the Second World War.

“The apple does not fall far from the tree. PM Trudeau refused to fight the Nazis in WWII, Stayed home comfortably in Outremont,” Eaton tweeted.

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