This proposal is exactly the…

This proposal is exactly the opposite of what the Province of Ontario should be doing and is not common sense at all. Every person going to work or school or shopping or to an appointment who is riding a bicycle is reducing gridlock. Remove the safe cycling infrastructure and forcing those people into cars will increase gridlock and waste more time.
This is not an evidence-based proposal but rather is a knee-jerk reaction to a problem that has been caused by poor planning and by failures to invest in transit and safe pedestrian and cycling infrastructure.
Traffic lanes induce demand and make gridlock worse. In contrast, safe cycling infrastructure has been scientifically proven to boost business, increase safety, and reduce car-dependence.
The province of Ontario should leave the urban planning to the experts -- the municipal planners, the municipal engineers and the municipal politicians who know what their communities want and need. This is an affront to local governance and will ultimately be deadly. Don't be the government that moved us backwards.