Bike lanes along major roads…

Bike lanes along major roads are the conservative solution to bikes on major roads. Removing the bike lanes will reduce the number of cyclists using those roads, but not eliminate them. In what world will adding bikes moving at 20 km/h to major streets that previously contained bike lanes help with the speed of traffic moving through an area?

People have to get from one part of a city to another. Bikes and micro-mobility are one method to accomplish doing so that is affordable to lower income individuals. Removing bike infrastructure and focusing on motor vehicles also reduces the ability for the poorer citizens to freely move through the city. This gate keeps transportation accessibility to wealthier members of society while also forcing people who can't afford to own motor vehicles to sacrifice other necessity or quality of life items to have transportation.

The fiscally responsible solution to traffic congestion is to support removal of motor vehicles from the road by providing quality alternative method through public transit, bike, micro-mobility and walk-ability; also, removing vehicle parking from streets would significantly help traffic congestion.