The plans to restrict bike…

The plans to restrict bike lanes and remove bike lanes is totally out of touch. Study after study have proven that bike lanes are good for businesses and help with congestion, by getting more cars off the road. I strongly condemn this. We are going back in time. It's totally unacceptable. I refuse to see one KM of bike lane removed. Bike lanes should be expanded, not removed. This is a huge overreach of the government. The city should get the final say on where bike lanes go, even if traffic lanes are removed. Bike lanes help make the streets safe for low income people who cannot afford to drive. Through signal timing the introduction of bike lanes can be mitigated. By removing the bike lanes traffic will get worse, since more people will drive. This is probably the worst policy from the Ford government yet. A change in government is desperately needed at the provincial level. Ford has gone way too far this time.
We should not be measuring streets based solely on travel time. We should be aiming to make the streets safer for everyone. This conflicts with Toronto's Vision Zero of protecting the most vulnerable road users.