- In dense urban areas, cars…

- In dense urban areas, cars are limited by space they take up - a 3.5m wide lane can only carry 1500-2000 people per hour. To reduce grid lock, we have to shift the amount of space allocated to cars to other modes of transport. (see TUMI link). A similar amount of space allocated to bicycles could carry 12000 people per hour.
- Bike lanes in dense areas encourage bike use, and relieves traffic congestion (see THE ROLE OF WALKING AND CYCLING IN REDUCING CONGESTION)

From personal experience:
- I have commuted from Yonge/Sheppard to King/Bay by bike. It's a fast way to get around that avoids traffic
- In speaking with peers, the safety aspect deters them from cycling in urban areas. Bicycle lanes would allow more of them to use bikes rather than their cars
- In speaking with family in Montreal, bike lanes introduced there have enabled them to safely commute by bike, which they would not have done previously
- From observations travelling, large cities that successfully move people around have never achieved this by allocating more space to cars