The province has prevented…

This government has prevented the recommended modifications to the OMB, essentially removing any reasonable chance for the city to control developers and leaving them to do what they want. Further, in alignment with the province's own guidelines, and since it reduces cost/increases profit, developers are increasingly replacing parking spaces with bicycle spaces in new construction. This will result in many thousand more bicycles on the road, and with biking infrastructure now not only being prevented but being removed, it will mean more injuries and fatalities.

During and after COVID epidemic, the gig economy greatly increased the number of bicycles and 2-wheeled motorized vehicles onto the roads to deliver food and groceries. Again, this increase in bike lane users combined with a suspension and reduction in bike lanes will result in increased injuries and fatalities, and delivery services will move back to depending on cars.

Ford himself, when on a bike in the Season 1 Episode 2 of "Political Blind Date", expressed something along the lines that he would feel unsafe on a bike if he wasn't in a bike lane. I saw that clip recently but am now unable to find it online.

As any drive through the city will show, the large majority of bottlenecks in traffic are due to construction projects, not bike lanes. Some of these, like water and sewer line replacement, are unavoidable. Others, especially blockages due to building construction projejcts, are avoidable. Rules on construction have been relaxed since I first moved here. Then, building construction projects were rarely allowed to block traffic lanes. However, for many years, that rule has been relaxed and developers have been able to block roads for years at a time. Instead of being forced to include reasonable setbacks for logistics and keep the roadway open, they now build as close to the roadway as possible. In some cases, they use blocked traffic lanes as staging areas. This is the largest source of preventable gridlock in our city.

BIAs have stated that the bike lanes are good for business, so removing them will damage our economy.

Toronto's program for bike sharing has been wildly successful, which actually helps in reducing the number of cars that would otherwise be on the road. Imagine if even half the bikes on the road were replaced by a cars: more gridlock, longer waits at traffic lights, and more contention for the limited amount of parking around the city.

Finally, as a Toronto resident and taxpayer, I feel that the city should first serve the people that live here and pay to maintain it. Facilitating drivers who largely do NOT live here but want to use cars instead of transit, bikes, or walking is something that needs a much lower priority that providing a safe living space for those that do live here and pay for the privilege.