It seems extraordinarily…

It seems extraordinarily tone-deaf of a government to propose removing bike lanes to increase space on the road network for cars in a year when the climate crisis has become more apparent than ever and the Paris Agreement target of pre-industrial + 1.5degC is almost certainly to be breached for the first time. Rather than making it more difficult to build bike lanes, the provincial government could support schemes that encourage active and mass transit transportation, to the wider benefit of society (reduced emissions, improved air quality, improved population health, reduced healthcare costs).

What does the province propose to do once these 'reclaimed' lanes are full in a few years? Start knocking down people's houses to build more roads? It is transparently a politicisation of the issue, and a cheap import of the standard 'drivers vs cyclist' culture war so beloved of the right.