The decision to “rip out”…

The decision to “rip out” bike lanes to accommodate more cars makes no sense at all when the problem is clearly too many cars on the roads. Trying to improve traffic flow for cars is a self fulfilling prophesy in that it will only encourage more people to drive their cars and worsen the problem of gridlock. The solution lies in improved and reliable public transit with new projects completed on a timely basis and allowing for more bike lanes - not less. A well established safe bike lane network will encourage more people to leave their cars behind and lead to a healthier population. The Ford government needs to look at the science and how other large cities are managing not just spur of the moment decisions that offer no real solutions.