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This endangers the lives of current and future bike commuters. This infrastructure is needed to transition Canada away from car dependency, which is needed to meet the climate goals.

Several studies across major cities demonstrate that protected bike lanes improve the safety of cyclists. This encourages more people to cycle for their choice of transportation.

Conversely, induced demand by increasing the number of road lanes is well known to not ease congestion in the long term.