The removal of bike lanes is…

The removal of bike lanes is a backwards move. Focusing on car-centric city design by adding more lanes for cars is not a sustainable transit solution.

Focusing on cars is a backwards step in attempts to address climate change as methods such as public transit and bicycles can get more people around with less emissions.

In terms of congestion, persons in cars take up a much larger footprint than an equivalent number of persons in public transit or bicycles. So having more cars results in a greater footprint with worse congestion.

Focusing on cars also disenfranchises portions of our population who may not be able to use cars. For example, people who may not be able to afford cars of their own may not be able to get around without public transit or bicycles. Or people who have disabilities requiring them to use public transit.

In any case, trying to add more car lanes is a backwards step for our society. And removing bike lanes to facilitate the addition of more car lanes is an even larger step backwards. And to waste taxpayer money performing this is even worse.