There is no supporting…

There is no supporting evidence that shows less bicycles on the road means less car congestion. Cars take up at least 4x the amount of space on the road than a bicycle does. Making transportation by bicycle less accessible will only increase the number of cars on the road, which will lead to more congestion. A different approach must be taken in order to reduce car congestion on the roads, such as increasing transit accessibility and frequency, incentivizing transit use, and more bike lanes in general. These are steps that will lead to less car congestion, rather than increase car congestion with more construction and more cars on the roads.