This is completely counter…

This is completely counter to existing knowledge of developing robust transportation networks that let people travel conveniently and quickly to where they want to go. We should be supporting the use of all different modes of transportation so that people are encouraged to use vehicle-alternative means, which in turn reduces the amount of cars on the roads and contributes to improved traffic. This idea of making it more difficult to install bike lanes and develop a useful cycling network is just going to force people into using cars for trips of all distances and continue to exacerbate traffic issues. If you analyze this through an environmental, equity, safety, city planning, economic, and even a traffic management lens, its obvious that these policies are flawed. Yet instead, this government chooses to support baseless policies and pander to the nonsensical demonization of using a bike to get around for the sake of political posturing.

Further, this idea of removing already installed bicycle infrastructure to change into vehicle lanes is absolute lunacy and would be an utter waste of tax dollars. The idea of induced demand is not new and its obvious that the conversion of existing bike lanes into car lanes would only eventually create more traffic. If this government actually wants to do something about traffic issues then they need to make other means of transportation as convenient and accessible as possible by increasing investments into public transit and enabling municipalities to grow active transportation infrastructure, and not create additional barriers. We should be building our cities and streets for people, not for cars.