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There are dozens of bike lane studies, from Toronto and around the world. Not a single one reports cars congestion, quite the opposite. You found your cudgel and will keep at it in spite of no data indicating bikes cause congestion, anywhere, on earth.

You mention "small business" in your reason yet it is small business that have directly benefited from having repeat customers, that spend more, and live locally. It's the bikes not the cars that drive economic vitality along Bloor Street. You can't prove anything of what you're saying about small business either.

https://www.tcat.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Bike-Lanes-On-Street-Par…

Please refute the following. 72% of visitors arrive by bike or walking. Only 4% by car.
Merchants overestimate the number of their customers who arrive by car.
If there was a complaint it was that there wasn't enough bicycle parking!

In this report from 2016 it also quotes other studies also showing the benefits of bike lanes.

Congestion equals Cars. UK London has a congestion tax, and it's for cars. Paris London and the great success of The Netherlands to name a few have all benefited from reducing cars and embracing bike lanes. Only Ontario we are going backwards. It is wrong and has no reason other than spite against the city because Toronto said no to Ford.

Ford cut city council in half in 2018. Might as well cut the other half as Ford will never be mayor of Toronto. Ever. Make us some regional entity including the other cities in the Golden Horseshoe. But can we stop pretending you are doing anything other than revenge?