The only thing that reduces…

The only thing that reduces gridlock is less cars on the road. Removing dedicated cycling lanes will only cause cyclists to bike in regular car lanes. This causes cars to be overly cautious and slow down their driving and attempt to merge into a different lane to avoid cyclists. This is a huge disregard to the safety of the citizens of Ontario. Or cyclists may choose to drive cars again because they feel it is unsafe to cycle in car lanes. This causes even more cars causing more gridlock.

As well, trying to rush to build a highway by being exempt from environmental assessments will irreversibly destroy the land it is being built upon. It is also very short-sighted because it is still a means for cars to travel on when gridlock is reduced when there are less cars. If highways are your priority, then you should focus on buying out of the contract that the 407 is under. If it costs billions, then do so, especially if you are able to spend billions to bring alcohol to convenient stores a year earlier than expected.

There are many other obvious and easier solutions that can soothe the issue. For example, not requiring public servants to go into office so frequently when it is clearly not necessary and it is proven that productivity when working from home is actually increased. This will reduce gridlock. Pour funds into public transit to increase frequency to stops at stations and add more stops in other areas. This will encourage people to use these methods more which will reduce gridlock.