The provincial government…

The provincial government should devote their energy to other, more worthwhile causes. Facilitating the efficient and timely movement of people through any city requires a multifaceted approach, not a one-size-fits-all mindset. Removing cycling infrastructure will be a net negative: taking away an option that allows an ever growing group of vulnerable road users to travel with some level of security, and forcing them into cars, which will quickly fill up whatever extra “space” is gained on the road and cause traffic to continue at the same pace it does today.

If we aspire to have great cities like London, Paris, New York, or even Vancouver / Montreal, we would be building more bike infrastructure, not removing what we currently have. Even if this setback does occur, it will be a blip - in 50-100 years the amount of cycling infrastructure will dwarf what we have today, not because of some ideological power struggle, but because it just makes sense. This begs the question: why bother even removing it?