Pulling out the bike lanes…

Pulling out the bike lanes doesn’t remove the bikes from the road. They will now be riding in traffic and slowing down traffic further, putting everyone in more precarious situations. It is not worth the money to rip up *existing infrastructure*. You will create more traffic in both the short- and long-term. Bike lanes are municipal territory.

The only way to survive climate change is to reduce carbon emissions (from vehicles), and these bike lanes will be rebuilt, causing even more traffic. The bikes and subway eliminate high emissions options and drivers (who are not more important than other citizens) can take other routes in addition to the ones with bike lanes. Without these bike lanes, what are the alternate routes planned for the bikers, who also pay taxes?

Our population is growing; car capacity cannot grow infinitely, however transit and bike lanes are underused and are the solutions to move mass numbers of people around. Unfortunately, the streetcars are stuck in car traffic, making it slow. The private properties of parked cars take up public street space in their storage.

I don’t know if there is anything I can say to convince the Ford government that the people they serve are more important than their own interests. In their pursuit of profits, they have actively made Ontario a worse place for everyone outside of the cabinet.