> due to the spottiness of existing bike infrastructure and overall lack of protected bike lanes > But no - the second anyone mentions protected bike lanes, a h

> due to the spottiness of existing bike infrastructure and overall lack of protected bike lanes > But no - the second anyone mentions protected bike lanes, a handful of NIMBYs write in with "but muh cars" That's your problem right here. Adding 1 mile of bike lane is counterproductive. It does not really help biking and at the same time it potentially hurts other modes of transportation. You need commute network. What you need is a robust, modeled plan for end result and transitionary period. Building a 1 mile stretch of bike lane and building 100 miles of bike lanes in 1 mile increments are entirely different things. One is more subject to both populism by politicians and opposition from society.