Bike lanes allow for the…

Bike lanes allow for the orderly movement of people in a reliable manner in higher density environments.

Children can get to school safely under their own power without contending with the same space as trucks.

People with disabilities can retain their independence with mobility scooters with only needing to transition into it at home, rather than having to lift themselves up and down repeatedly.

Bike lanes extend the reach of transit infrastructure, allowing for us to get more bang for our buck on the heavy investments we're making into them.

In an emergency, two directional bike lanes create an express route for appropriately sized emergency vehicles. They don't have to fight congestion, because cyclists can literally step out of the bike lane onto the sidewalk or boulevard.

Bikes are an affordable method of transportation.

Reasonable alternative streets simply do not exist by intentional design. Cul-de-sac neighbourhood design intentionally set out to make alternatives to arterial roads inefficient and therefore incentivize non-local people to avoid using the roads inside the cul-de-sac. That's where this government wants to route bikes.