Bike lanes are an essential…

Bike lanes are an essential method of transportation, and so they are a necessary part of the Toronto's infrastructure.

This bill puts the safety of bike riders at risk, as the bike lanes add a a layer of protection from cars.

From the viewpoint of cars, this actually introduces more friction for drivers as they'll now have to share the road with bikers, essentially slowing down most right lanes on these roads anyways, instead of leaving bike traffic to the protected bike lanes.

And finally, this bill will undoubtedly introduce more traffic and gridlock on these roads due to induced demand: more drivers will want to use these roads leading to more congestion. This is frankly a backwards approach, as the sole goal of reducing gridlock should be to remove as many single passenger car trips contesting these roads, instead of now incentivizing them.