I do not think that the…

I do not think that the provincial government has any place making municipal level decisions about urban planning.
If municipalities cannot make informed decisions based on local information we should expect worse outcomes in terms of public safety, the economy, and impacts to the environment.
Specifically speaking about Toronto, the city is very dense and urbanized. Personal vehicles are the least space efficient form of transportation the mankind has ever invented. Based on this fact alone it would stand to reason that even if bike lanes took away space from motorists we would expect that this is still a massive net benefit in terms of transportation capacity available to the public.
There is absolutely, positively no solution to reduce traffic that does not involve viable alternatives to driving. The Ford government's actions are contrary to this goal and will not achieve improvements in travel time, while simultaneously delivering worse outcomes for public safety and impact to the environment.

Additionally, the comments suggesting that bike lanes can simply be relocated to side streets demonstrate a clear lack of understanding of basically anything. Side streets are built with traffic calming measures to keep traffic away from these routes. These same traffic calming measures that make the routes undesirable to drive from point a to point b, have exactly the same impact when cycling. Perhaps the government doesn't understand that most cyclists are doing the same thing drivers are trying to do, that is: getting from where they are to where they need to go. Cyclists are not simply doing something frivolous that need be relegated to the sidelines. None of the routes being discussed for removal of bike lanes have side streets that provide a similarly direct route. If they did, these side streets would likely be choked with vehicles traffic as well.

I firmly believe this bill is simply intended to be a political wedge issue, and that is reprehensible. I don't believe it is justifiable or acceptable to score political points while gambling with public safety. This bill will kill people.