“Schabas also found the government failed to provide evidence that removing the lanes would alleviate congestion — one of the law’s stated purposes. In contrast, expert testimony presented by the applicants suggested lane removal would likely increase collisions, injuries and even deaths.”
It does sounds like badly design. Also maybe you should sit there whole day and let us know if there’s really no one using it(meaning usage is 0 bicycle per day), or it’s only used on peak hour. I’m honestly curious.