I understand that Ontario…

I understand that Ontario government is concerned about cities building any bike lanes that would “reduce the number of marked lanes available for travel by motor vehicle traffic.” Cyclists are taxpayers as well as car drivers. 100 cyclists or 100 persons in motor vehicles are equally important when allocating access to our city roadways. So the government's decision criteria should be "number of persons able to travel (whether car or bike), and not "number of lanes available for motor vehicles.

Ontario's goal should not be "to get drivers where they need to go faster"; it should be to accommodate the most persons who want to travel, and also to consider the environmental impact of modes of travel that are being accommodated. You state "Implications to the environment will be considered as the ministry identifies and develops the criteria"; you should develop those criteria BEFORE making any changes to the rules concerning bike lanes.