I've lived downtown for…

I've lived downtown for almost two decades and bike lanes are an essential infrastructure for a rapidly expanding population in a major metropolitan. Many people including myself rely on this as a means of commuting around the city that is already congested by traffic that has always been an issue pre-pandemic, and even now. The reality is, the city is growing in population at such a rapid pace that we need all forms of infrastructure to allow people to get around.

The city already suffers from limited reliable infrastructural network for public transportation, removing a bike lane would add further burden to those networks. Also, while many critics of the bike lanes cite that lack of usage of such infrastucture, much of this new bike infrastructure is incomplete and is lagging in its network size, but this is something that is improving rapidly so to remove them is a huge step backwards in city planning for the future.

If the city's goals is promoting safe, cleaner means of transportation for a population, then without a doubt biking infrastructure should be a top priority.