Do you not realize that…

Do you not realize that removing bike infrastructure means that people who used to bike will now be using cars, even further increasing traffic? The whole idea of bike infrastructure is that it will reduce gridlock in the long run because it incentivizes usage of alternative means of transportation. Not to mention the fact that evidence shows that it makes streets so much safer, for drivers, pedestrians, and bikers alike - lives are literally being saved here. The government here is planning to waste millions of dollars and restrict infrastructure projects that will make Toronto and other municipalities a better place to live in the long run, all so that they can get away with cheap short term shots saying “we helped to reduce traffic”. It is completely counterintuitive that the government has invested so much in public transit initiatives through the Ontario Line and other works, but refuses to acknowledge anything that isn’t grandiose in nature. City planning is not a game that you can play to boost your ego and satiate your compulsive need for people to like you.