I started cycling at a similar age ("or younger"), but my radius of operation was not very large at the time. No amount of cycling infrastructure could have cha

I started cycling at a similar age ("or younger"), but my radius of operation was not very large at the time. No amount of cycling infrastructure could have changed that. Designing for children can't be free from tradeoffs and it's counterproductive to follow that goal in places where children would not go anyway. Flipping lanes around is all fun and games until you need to have some kind of intersection (or, even worse: tiny access roads to private properties. This is where wrong-sided bike lanes kill)