Ont Conservatives hate bureaucracy until it fits their agenda

FU, Doug.

Because of this, I'll consider "taking the lane" way more often than is necessary. And you bet your ass I'll be going <15km/h.

Sorry drivers, but if you don't like it, vote for someone who isn't a turd.

You have to take the lane 100% of the time when there's no bike lane. It's the safest option by far.
- Until dick in an emotional support truck runs you down while rage tweeting. Or a soccer mom driving a road-condo turns you to paste as she TikToks about how hard her life is.
- It’s the safest option by far.
  And despite that, the reaction from some drivers is downright terrifying. I rode down Steeles between Markham and Pickering the other day... there are no shoulders, and you have to take the lane.
  Except, you get truckers doing some aggressive shit with their motor/transmission as they creep closer behind you. Call it intimidation, or bullying, but you have to be a hardened cyclist to endure that kind of treatment, and the risk to your life is real.
  Safer, yes. But it's like saying it's safer to jump from a plane at 5000 feet without a parachute than it is one that's 10,000 feet. LOL

?? Why? What could possibly be the rationale for this?

To gather more votes from the majority of the electorate who drive into the city.
Bike lanes only serve those who live in Toronto and those people don't vote for these clowns anyways. Hell, even people who never drive where there are bike lanes will like this to give the middle finger to all the people who bike in the city.
"More lanes make car go faster" probably.
To accept bribes for bike lane approval
It's outrageporn, they get themselves worked up over stupid things.

Conservatism now stands for «turn Ontario into Michigan».

Coming to appreciate Valérie Plante even more every year.

Valérie Plante my beloved.
Like all politicians she ain't perfect, but damn do I love Montréal's urbanism, even as a car owner.

So can I reduce the number of lanes without provincial approval? Coincidentally two years later, can I decide to otherwise implement bike lanes?

My city, Oakland, is making the smart move of reducing lanes of traffic and putting physical barriers around the bike lanes in our downtown. Smart because downtown has been hollowed out post-pan, with lots of people wfh. Source: I live downtown.

So it's not law yet?

Oh look at that, every road got approved for a bike lane the day before the bill was passed. Darn shame that is. Oh well.

I wish Municipal governments moved that fast 😅
- For something like this it shouldn't be hard, we're just talking about the city approval, not the implementation. Like when Roosevelt created national parks the night before Congress was going to make it really hard to keep making them. He stayed up right to the last minute signing new parks into existence. That's the kind of malicious compliance we need to fight back.