The province should stay on…

The province should stay on its lane and let municipalities decide on bike lanes.

Studies have proved again and again that more car lanes don't ameliorate traffic ([1], [2], [3]). On the contrary, they cause induced demand and increase the number of cars on the streets.

Adding bike lanes doesn't cause gridlock. On the contrary, it takes cars out of the streets and gives the freedom for commuters to choose their mode of transportation. Having viable alternatives to cars is the only viable way of reducing gridlock.

The Minister of Transportation and the Premier have based the decisions with regard to Bill 212 on invalid, outdated data. Citing the percentage of bike rides in the entire GTA from 10 years ago isn't valid because:
1. It is old and dates back to before many of the bike network extensions
2. It considers the entire GTA, hence regions without bike lanes at all
3. It only considers work trips, disregarding other mundane tasks, such as running errands.

[1] https://cityobservatory.org/the-fundamental-global-law-of-road-congesti…
[2] https://thenarwhal.ca/ontario-highways-induced-demand-explainer/
[3] https://nacto.org/docs/usdg/induced_traffic_and_induced_demand_lee.pdf