The throughput of a bike…

The throughput of a bike lane far exceeds a car lane and requires far less space. Removing bike lanes will only increase traffic and waste everyone's time as the people that choose to drive instead of bike take up far more space on the road than the bike lane did.

The only solution to traffic is viable alternatives to driving. Toronto traffic was horrible before bike lanes, and there's no reason to believe that it'll be any better after removing them. Owning and commuting by car is a massive expense, and people deserve the option to not have to do it.

Many will still choose to bike even with the removal of infrastructure. Would drivers prefer bikers dangerously share the lanes with them instead of having their own space? Would that save anyone's time? Certainly not, but it would result in more cyclists dying after collisions with cars. Is this what drivers want?

Of course, the government is well-aware of all this. This bill is yet another attempt at pandering to Ford's suburban conservative base who are not at all affected by bike lanes in Toronto.