>Pretty much with bike lanes it's a "build it and they'll come" situation not just with bike lanes - this works for most transportation infrastructure, and in

>Pretty much with bike lanes it's a "build it and they'll come" situation not just with bike lanes - this works for most transportation infrastructure, and in both directions. If you take away a car lane, less people choose to drive. If you add a car lane, you don't get less congestion, you get more people driving. People choose the optimal route, and there's a lot more people going places than the current road network can accommodate. you can keep widening roads for a long time without having much impact on congestion. If you want to actually fix the roads, you need to improve the more efficient means of transportation, like bicycle lanes and mass transit.