1. Why are bike lanes and a…

1. Why are bike lanes and a highway proposal lumped together? These are very different forms of travel to "save time"
To clarify bike lanes are key for travel within a city <20km. Having well-linked, safe, and organized bike lanes encourages people to bike to/from their destinations helping reduce gridlock. As is spatially obvious, a bike takes a lot less space than a car, especially when a car is single-person occupied. Anybody who considers cars their only mode of transportation should want more bike lanes and should be encouraging travelling by bike within the city. More bikes, means less cars on the road, thereby reducing gridlock.

Highways are efficient for travel between cities. It is already known that increasing the number of lanes does not equal a reduction in gridlock. Creating redundant highways is unnecessary and an environmental assault on the greenbelt. Anybody who considers cars their only mode of transportation should encourage alternate forms of travel, similar to the policy of promoting "an integrated transportation system that facilitates the use of public transit, active transportation, and other modes".