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Toronto is saturated with cars so I get that people are frustrated with delays.
Freeing up a car lane by removing bike lanes may save time briefly, but it'll eventually just get clogged up with cars again.
You don't solve traffic by adding more lanes. The 401 is proof of that...
And making it more difficult to get bike lanes added won't solve the problem of bike lanes not being used. They'll just remain unconnected and inconvenient for everyone to use if they don't adequately link places where people live to where they're going.
But the limited bike infrastructure that is available not being used has less to do with people being too lazy to bike, and more to do with people feeling unsafe to bike around all those cars.
Biking has to be safe for everyone outside of just commuters (ie youth, elderly, people running errands etc)
Investing in alternatives to driving gives people options besides just driving. Investing in car centric infrastructure just means we'll continue having to deal with driving and traffic.
thank you
some refs:
Throwing Good Money After Bad Car Infrastructure - Not Just Bikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds-v2-qyCc8
Do Your Buses Get Stuck in Traffic? Traffic solutions & the Downs-Thomson Paradox - Not Just Bikes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RQY6WGOoYis
Submitted November 2, 2024 8:12 PM
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Bill 212 - Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act, 2024 - Framework for bike lanes that require removal of a traffic lane.
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