This is short sighted though, and the Golden Gate Bridge analogy, while cute, is flawed. You build a bridge to enable people to travel somewhere they want to g

This is short sighted though, and the Golden Gate Bridge analogy, while cute, is flawed. You build a bridge to enable people to travel somewhere they want to go but currently cannot. When you're building a bike lane you're trying to get people to switch from driving a car to cycling. Driving is more convenient for most people. It's faster, it's easier, it's safer, and they are already used to it. Simply plopping in a bike lane is not, ever, going to convince the majority to start cycling. All it will accomplish is pissing most of them off because a road lane that used to be a useful piece of public infrastructure for them is now a bike lane dedicated to some small fraction of people who cycle, and it negatively impacts their commutes and therefore their lives.