"This cycle-path is 3.5 metres wide - wide enough for side-by-side cycling in both directions at once." 3.5 meters is ~11.5 feet which is less than ONE highway

"This cycle-path is 3.5 metres wide - wide enough for side-by-side cycling in both directions at once." 3.5 meters is ~11.5 feet which is less than ONE highway lane in the US (at 12 ft). Bike lanes are so much more space efficient than highways - one bike lane can transport so many more people than a highway - and yet this country is wildly opposed to them. I just do not understand why.