It's still true people were using a lot of bicycles even when there were a lot of cars in city centers. They were just more prone to get an accident with a car

It's still true people were using a lot of bicycles even when there were a lot of cars in city centers. They were just more prone to get an accident with a car as cars were allowed to drive faster and basically could come everywhere. We got the bicycle amenities not because we wanted to stimulate people using them but because too many people (especially kids) died riding them.