As the results rolled in on Tuesday night and it became clear that the United States was moving back toward Donald Trump, I thought about Doug Ford and bike lanes.
The Ontario premier has moved with great haste to implement a quasi-ban on the construction of new bike lanes in the province, and in the city of Toronto he has gone further, moving to tear out existing lanes on three busy downtown streets. No one can seriously believe that removing some bike lanes will make a noticeable difference on traffic. If anything, it will just invite more cars into an already-choked downtown. What will the Premier say when the gridlock doesn’t improve?
Scott Stinson is a journalist based in suburban Toronto.
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