The webpage states: "In…

The webpage states: "In alignment with these objectives, Ontario is looking to fight gridlock and get drivers where they need to go faster."

Actually, you need to "get PEOPLE where they need to go faster." Cyclists are people too, and in removing bike-lanes without enhanced public transit, many of the displaced cyclists are simply going to get into their cars, adding to further gridlock and using up scarce car-parking spots. Those who don't, and continue to ride in shared traffic lanes, will be forced to occupy those lanes, slowing things down for cars, creating uncertainty and stress for drivers, and risking life and limb, almost certainly leading to an increase in accidents and traffic-related deaths.

It has been demonstrated that the Province's reported numbers on bike lane usage are based on flawed logic, grossly underestimating actual use of bike lanes in the relevant areas - such as by recreational cyclists, and not capturing those whose commutes/trips involve bicycles as a part of the overall commute (cycling to the transit station, for example).

From a Cost/Benefit perspective, the waste of money in removal of the existing lanes is utterly incomprehensible given the almost imperceptible increase it might ultimately create (after a period of even greater gridlock and lane closures during the removal work).

The parallels to the shortsighted expenditures of the Ford administration ripping out EV charging infrastructure after coming to government, and now scrambling to catch up on that same infrastructure, given the entirely foreseeable growth in EV usage, are obvious... Even if you see the previous expenditures as "bad," the government will only have to spend even more taxpayer money getting back to the status quo further down the road. So don't throw good money after "bad"...

In the name of common sense - DON'T DO THIS!!!