Things that cause traffic…

Things that cause traffic congestion include too many vehicles, excessive large vehicles, on street parking, stopped vehicles, left turning vehicles, right turning vehicles, poorly trained drivers and very poorly trained commercial drivers.
Removing bike lanes will not remove bikes from the road - and will ultimately do nothing to decrease congestion.
Leave city planning to cities.
The province should focus on better funding transit, getting the LONG overdue Eglinton LRT operational and improving existing highway infrastructure.