I am strongly against this…

I am strongly against this proposal. To require provincial approval for new bike lanes that reduce a lane of car traffic would add a layer of bureaucracy to the process and make it less efficient. Also, any addition to the number of lanes that are open to car traffic will not reduce gridlock. This is because of the concept of induced demand. The more lanes that are built reduces traffic in the short term, but it also encourages people to drive more. This leads people to drive more, such that, in the long term traffic increases and gridlock returns. If the idea that more lanes of traffic reduces gridlock was true, then Los Angeles would have the best traffic in the world. We need people to switch driving cars to using other forms of transportation if we want to reduce gridlock. We cannot make that switch unless municipalities are empowered to make the best transportation choices for themselves without provincial oversight.