1. There is no evidence that…

1. There is no evidence that bike lanes increase traffic. In fact, there are repeated studies that demonstrate that bike lanes actually reduce car traffic. Further, biking has numerous health and environmental benefits. Reducing bike lanes does not stop bikes from being used; it just increases cyclists' risk of death. There are repeated studies that demonstrate that these changes will not fufil the project's goal of reducing gridlock.

2. Highway 413 is already an unecessary project when the province should be investing in better public transit between cities, with effective first/last-mile connections. This is how evidence suggests you actually reduce gridlock, not by building more roads.