There has never been a "war…

There has never been a "war on cars," because for the past century, it was more of a "war on any method of transportation other than cars."

This bill wages a war on bycicle and urban infrastructure in a city that cannot afford to provide space to a car that carries on average one person.

Because when you count the people in the cars in downtown Toronto, and then count the pedestrians on the sidewalks, you'll find that almost always there are more pedestrians than people in cars. Despite that, most of the road space is reserved entirely for cars.

The City of Toronto found that bike volumes on Bloor Street of the downtown section matched car volumes, despite taking up less road space.

Removing the bike lanes is also bad for business. You're not at all likely to stop by a random store when you're driving down bloor in a car, but you're much more likely to when walking or on a bycicle. That's why so many business owners oppose the removal of bike lanes in Toronto.

Even if bike lanes were removed, it wouldn't fix traffic. In 2013, bike lanes were removed on Jarvis Street. It became a five-lane road. It didn't fix traffic. In fact, it got worse. One could try and blame population growth for this (which is not true), but even if the worsening traffic was only due to population growth, it is ridiculous to suggest that because of population growth, we should continue to widen all our roads every year to meet the demand. It's impossible. It's like loosening your belt to fix obesity.

Want to actually reduce gridlock and save us time? The only way to fix traffic is to provide viable alternatives to driving. Removing bike lanes will make traffic worse. It's been proven time and time again. Every single city planner already knows what this concept of Induced Demand is. That's because trains, buses, sidewalks, bike lanes, and trams could carry more people than any highway in Toronto.