This is an astoundingly…

This is an astoundingly stupid waste of provincial government time and resources.

Countless international and local studies and data points demonstrate that bicycle lanes strengthen local economies by increasing traffic to small businesses, improve emergency vehicle response times, improve local residents happiness, improve safety for cyclists, and advance our progress on climate objectives.

Leave municipal affairs to city council and focus on actual meaningful issues in our province. This time, attention and money would all be better spent on improving public transit, getting the Eglinton and Finch LRTs completed,

The last thing we need is to tear up streets AGAIN to remove infrastructure we have already paid for, in order to accomplish nothing. Cars are the cause of traffic, not bike lanes. Bike lanes protect cyclists from harm, isolate them from the flow of vehicle traffic, and keep them off sidewalks where they pose a risk to pedestrians.

Do your jobs, and stay out of municipal issues. If a city council wishes to change their approach to cycling infrastructure, then they can pursue that.