It does not make sense…

It does not make sense financially or environmentally to rip out cycling infrastructure in Canada's largest city.

Businesses desparately need as much drive by traffic as possible and bike lanes lend to our success.
Cyclists are safe with the bike lanes as are automobiles. Everyone knows where they need to be.
Cycling makes for a healthier body putting less strain on the healthcare sector.
Cycling can get people where they need to go faster.
Cycling is better for the environment.

Options: Open Eglinton Cross Town, increase frequency of TTC, lower TTC fairs, promote options to help make people feel safer to ride TTC, look for ways to reduce ride share vehicles in peak rush hour times, allow street construction to continue 24 hours to be able to complete road closures sooner, put a toll on unnecessary vehicles coming into the city like all other major cities in the world do, allow more people to work from home, market 'SHARING the ROADS' - 4 minutes longer in traffic is not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. You could offer a gas rebate for cars that parked at TTC stations and took transit into the city.

Note, removing bike lanes won't stop the gridlock. Cyclists and electric cyclists will just be on the road taking the space of a vehicle which is hard for the drivers and dangerous for the cyclists.

The problem isn't the bike lanes. The problem is the growing population and the amount of cars on the roads...congestion is the cars not the lack of space for them. We need as many avenues to transport our growing population; sidewalks, bike lanes and roadways. Taking transport lanes out is harmful to business, harmful to cyclists and adds an unecessary stress on vehicle drivers who have to manouever around the displaced cyclists.

We have to learn to share the roads!