Removing bike lanes would…

Removing bike lanes would likely increase traffic congestion since many cyclists also own cars (such as myself and many of my coworkers). If bike lanes are removed, those cyclists would be forced to use their cars instead, adding more vehicles to the roads and increasing traffic congestion.

Its also very well studied and observed that increasing the capacity of a road actually increases congestion in the long term by 20% compared to the control. This is called "induced traffic".

The provincial government has stated in the past that they did not want to dictate urban planning for municipalities when it comes to zoning, however hypocritically wants to spend tax payer dollars by adding red tape to processes dictating when and where a municipality can implement biking infrastructure