The decision to remove bike…

The decision to remove bike lanes is a short term reaction that will have little effect on traffic delays which are anffected by many other factors including construction and significant negative implications for quality of life in Toronto. I live in the one of the areas where bike lanes may be removed (Bloor and Avenue Road); they are heavily used by students at UofT, delivery services, local residents and tourists and represent a massive improvement to the streetscape.
Investment in public transit and more bike lanes at least in the downtown core (not less) will incentivize fewer cars, lower pollution levels in an age of climate change and better health. Toronto (and Ontario) should be leaders in this transition not moving backwards.