The bike lanes have been a…

The bike lanes have been a vast improvement for transportation in Toronto. The number of people using bikes has vastly increased, and their safety is much less at risk where there are bike lanes, rather than roads where the bikes are in traffic lanes.
Further, encouraging more use of bicycling contributes to the reduction of fossil fuel emissions, excessive use of electricty to charge e cars, and they increase exercise opportunities for those who use bicycles as a primary means for transportation in the city.
Given the vast amount of automobile traffic, anything that helps to reduce it is a positive thing for a city