I drive my car and also ride…

I drive my car and also ride my bike in Toronto. The reasoning behind removing bike lanes is simply illogical. Is the hope to discourage cyclists from using the roads altogether? If so, I can guarantee that will not happen. It wouldn’t discourage me at all and I’m not a die-hard cyclist by any means.
The only thing removing bike lanes will do is make it significantly more dangerous for both cyclists and drivers to get around the city. It will create more traffic and gridlock because there will be far more opportunities for cars to get stuck behind cyclists in a shared lane and not have the space to go around. Or even worse, drivers will try to pass unsafely.
Having separate bike lanes makes getting around the city much easier, safer and less stressful as both a driver and cyclist because I know where to expect everyone to be on the road. Aside from this, to think that the money we as tax payers have contributed to bike lane infrastructure would just be thrown out the window is infuriating. All the time, money and resources that have been put into building out the bike lanes completely wasted - what an absolute shame.