The answer to Toronto’s…

The answer to Toronto’s gridlock is not to add more capacity for vehicles, but rather to create the incentive for commuters to seek alternative modes of transportation and hence reduce the number of vehicles on the road.

Admittedly some of the bike lane infrastructure is ill-conceived and should be re-evaluated but not a brute force removal of lanes without a thoughtful approach on how and where to replace them.

Furthermore, the problem of traffic congestion goes way beyond allocating limited road space between vehicles, bikes, pedestrians and goes to the poorly run Toronto transit system, the lack of intelligent traffic routing, road design and so on.

Rather than a heavy handed approach the province should look to partner with municipalities to bring modern urban transportation design to the fore.