I guess that from the perspective of someone who both cycles and drives on the roads, the balance seems to self-evidently be correct (or at least close to it) b

I guess that from the perspective of someone who both cycles and drives on the roads, the balance seems to self-evidently be correct (or at least close to it) because I both want to and are able to do both. It's not _perfect_, but yeah, my city is not the M1 (main motorway/highway in the UK), you can cycle in it, if you don't want to, you don't have to. There are loads of other options, not only the car but the train, the bus, walking, etc. I've never really been a fan of using the statistical approach because it doesn't work without first defining some sort of goal. Changing the percentage share, or absolute level, of either cycling or driving, in either the positive or negative direction, isn't something that I have any interest in. My original post is kind of aimed at that problem - that it seems as if these issues are painted as "pro-cycling group wants X" or "pro-driving group wants Y" when really what we need is "pro-both group wants X/2 and Y/2" or something like that. Freedom of choice is generally better than the alternative.