This was not always the case! The UK had excellent bike lanes in the 1930's. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/may/09/how-80-forgotten-1930

This was not always the case! The UK had excellent bike lanes in the 1930's. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/may/09/how-80-forgotten-1930s-cycleways-could-transform-uk-cycling https://www.theguardian.com/environment/bike-blog/2017/may/0...