Bike lanes are a necessary…

Bike lanes are a necessary part of transit infrastructure. I do agree that keeping bike lanes on less busy roads is ideal and moving forward that should be a priority. But to rip out what has already been put into place seems wasteful and will only hurt the progress that's been made - this year bike sharing was the largest growing alternate way (to cars) that people got around the city of Toronto. They expect to get 6 million rides this year, more than any year before, Why? Because driving is not only too slow but it's too expensive for most, and transit has become overcrowded and unreliable with all the cutbacks. Bike share is astoundingly affordable and flexible. Though I don't do it myself I think it's great so many people are doing this. But they do need safer ways to ride around the city and that means bike lanes. We have to shift away from car-only thinking, because it will only lead to worse congestion.