If we take out bike lanes…

If we take out bike lanes that will mean more people in cars, which will add congestion to the car traffic. It doesn't make any sense. All the delivery people will have to get cars, so even more car congestion. The best way to reduce gridlock is make cyclists feel safe (bike lanes) and improve transit. If a 10 min bus takes instead 15-30 min to get to you 90% of the time, you are going to feel like buying a car. (This "10 mi bus that's not 10 min bus" is the main bus from my neighbourhood to the subway. This is why I generally walk or cycle.) If you look to see how many people generally are in each car, in Toronto it's often 1 person. This is also a problem.