I think this piece of…

I think this piece of legislation is a mistake. The name of "Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act" seems suspect to me as it only focuses on removing bike lanes "where the removal of a lane of traffic took place" only. This is odd as there is no language in the bill considering if adding or removing a bike lane will actually reduce congestion. It's surprising that the Government of Ontario would meddle in a matter that is normally up to the Toronto council to decide when they make no mention of using traffic data to decide on if bike lanes should be removed.
As simple example, if bikes are currently in bike lanes, they are out of the way of traffic. The removal of such bike lanes will mean they are now in amongst traffic. Now cars have to slow down (as bikes are generally slower than cars) causing congestion. Now bikes being on the road instead of in bike lanes has caused congestion, as even the lane that was already there has cars swerving into it to avoid the cyclists. Do the authors of this bill simply imagine that those that cycle already will just go away, they removing the problem of cyclists slowing down cars?
"Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time Act" would surely be better served by reducing the need for people to use cars. One bike takes up significantly less space than a car. 80 bikes in a bike lane makes the bike lane look almost empty, but 80 cars (as most people do not car share) fills up even a 2 lane road quite handely.
According to urban planners (i.e. experts in getting cities to work efficiently) "Reducing Gridlock, Saving You Time" can be most effectively done by reducing the number of cars on the road by increasing use of public transport and bikes. There is no data to suggest that simply removing bike lanes to allow for more car lanes decreases gridlock. Actually, the data suggests the opposite.
I hope the Government of Ontario will reconsider this rediculous policy, and get back to actually fixing the problems that we are facing such as the housing crysis going on in Toronto and forcing local municipalities to build more housing where it is sorely needed.