Why waste money in ripping…

Why waste money in ripping out these bike lanes when they are critical structure to reduce congestion in the city. If you take the bike lanes out, it will encourage more people to take their car and cause more congestion on the road. Bike lanes are not yet to their full potential in taking people off the roads. There needs to be more good bike infrastructure to encourage more people to bike rather than drive. The only thing that the extra lanes for cars is going to do, is encourage more people to drive down those street and cause the same amount of traffic. This induced demand is already what we see on highways.