This is a pretty poor argument to be honest. For a start you're misrepresenting the claim. Cyclists are very aware of how car-centric the infrastructure of the

This is a pretty poor argument to be honest. For a start you're misrepresenting the claim. Cyclists are very aware of how car-centric the infrastructure of their country is and the vast majority of them are arguing for resident focused planning, along with cycling infrastructure that allows people who aren't well-off to do away with the expense that is owning a car. You can't purposely design everything around owning a car and then use "poor people need to own a car" as an excuse against any kind of mass transit planning.