Removing the bike lanes in…

Removing the bike lanes in Toronto (and anywhere) is a waste of taxpayers money - as a Conservative government, this idea should be abhorrent to you. Also, it will do nothing to improve traffic over the longer term: the proven theory of induced demand decrees that any additional increase in car-oriented infrastructure will inevitably be met by increased usage. As David Beitel, data services lead at Eco-Counter, a Montreal company that collects and analyzes pedestrian and bicycle traffic data, told the CBC, “for a short period of time, there might be a slightly improved [reduction], but within a year or two, or perhaps three, traffic is as bad or worse than it was before the lanes were added in the first place.”

Plus you will reduce the number of cyclists, forcing some back into cars as they no longer have safer, protected lanes to travel in. This will increase the number of vehicles on the road, leading to even more congestion.

And you will likely kill or grievously injure more cyclists, all so you can be seen as helping to win the 'war against the car'. Their blood will be on your hands.

You stated originally that you would wait to see the data, make a decision based on facts, not hearsay. Please revert to that approach.