If we care about climate and…

If we care about climate and safety, we should be pushing towards better public transit and cycling infrastructure, not more cars on the road.

Rather than spend millions ripping out the newly installed bike lane on university, that money should be spent improving the TTC, encouraging more people within the city to stop driving as much, and making it easier and more reliable for out of towners to get to work from union station.

When cycling (or taking transit) becomes a viable option for more people, the number of cars on the road will decrease. Let's look at real solutions to make Toronto a better city long into the future, not knee-jerk bandaid solutions that won't be effective in the long term. Let's not fall behind as a city.

Furthermore, this shouldn't be a political issue. Bike lane additions/removals should be based on data, and this data should be open to the public to avoid the politicization of the issue. It's not black and white, some bike lanes are probably underused and not well placed, but others (like the one on university) are in constant use and anecdotally don't seem to cause more congestion (again, let's study the effects before throwing away money to rip them up).