This is an absolute mess of…

This is an absolute mess of a proposal based on Ford's grievance-based populism. Claims that bike lanes are responsible for gridlock are not backed up by any kind of evidence.
If passed, this law would worsen traffic congestion, emissions, and public health by forcing people off of their bicycles and into cars and trucks.
Removing and blocking safe active transportation infrastructure disproportionately affects women, children, and the elderly, who are much less likely to ride when protected and connected infrastructure does not exist. It will impose additional costs on municipalities, as building and maintaining car lanes is much more expensive than building and maintaining bike lanes. It will also generate increased healthcare costs from both the direct consequences (increased injuries and deaths from crashes caused by lack of safe infrastructure) and indirect consequences (tire particle pollution and tailpipe emissions causing poor respiratory health). The province has no intention of paying for any of the increased costs of this absolutely asinine plan. If Ford is still bitter about not getting to run Toronto, maybe he should quit and run for mayor instead of throwing a tantrum by tabling this utterly unredeemable legislation.