Doug Ford plans to rip out existing bike lanes that are bringing traffic to a standstill [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says his government doesn’t just plan to block the installation of new bike lanes in some cases but also plans to rip out routes that have already been built when having them in place brings “traffic in our cities to a standstill.”

On Thursday, Ford confirmed he planned not only to make cities jump through new hoops to build bike lanes — but also remove them on key streets if they failed the province’s as-yet-unspecific rules.

“Minister Sarkaria was in Etobicoke talking about our focus on getting drivers moving faster by bringing sanity back to bike lane decisions,” Ford told the Empire Club.

“It isn’t enough to keep an eye on future bike lanes. We need to and will remove and replace existing bike lanes on primary roads that are bringing traffic in our cities to a standstill.”

The province finally unveiled its plan to limit new bike …