1) Removing bike lanes will…

1) Removing bike lanes will significantly slow traffic, as it will force bicycle users to convert to motor vehicle drivers;
2) The main goal of all of the existing transportation improvements along the proposed corridors has been to increase traveller throughput. This has been achieved. Again, removal of lanes will reduce overall traveller throughput, as well as slowing the movement of motor vehicles.
3) Emergency services routinely use the space in bicycle lanes for fast transits. Removal of flexible bike lanes will impede their flow, thereby delaying the delivery of police, fire, and paramedical services; This is well established in the literature, as well as by evidence complied by hospital ERs and EMS services.