The City of Toronto…

The City of Toronto insisting on forcing these under utilized bike lanes is artificially creating traffic congestion. The problem isn't that there's more cars now than 10-15 years ago; the issue is that the city planners are anti car. Looking past the long list of other things that have been enacted to force more cars to sit idle unnecessarily, bike lanes are only popularly used 2 months, maximum, out of the year. The rest of the time, they sit empty while car traffic is forced to build up because of the lack of road space. Reducing a 2 lane road to 1 lane and bike lane forces cars to wait behind letting and right turning vehicles, which is forcing longer idle times, all while 1 cyclist passes the traffic while riding on the road, not the bike lane. Stop forcing bike lanes on this city under the guise of eco friendly; it is an anti car tactic to make them seem worse for traffic and the environment.
If you're not willing to see the civilian reason, also consider that emergency vehicles cannot utilize those spaces in an emergency. Service vehicles are forced to avoid direct routes or take longer to get to those destination because they are stuck in the traffic because the traffic has nowhere to move over to.

Stop building bike lanes in Toronto.