Adding more lanes didn't decrease congestion so, for once, giving people an alternative to driving sure isn't going to increase it. It's just one lane. Not even

Adding more lanes didn't decrease congestion so, for once, giving people an alternative to driving sure isn't going to increase it. It's just one lane. Not even a lane if the lane size is currently oversized with respect to the speed limit (which it is on most roads in the united states) >I live off a main road into a town with a wide cycle path separated from cars. The town has slow moving traffic and seems a reasonable place to cycle. The cycle lane is still lightly used. I'd have to see a streetview of it but I wouldn't be surprised if it was just a lone bikelane with no real network around it to support its use It's not enough to have just one lane that's safe, people won't bike unless they can find a whole itinerary where they don't risk getting flattened by an F-150 >Effort matters too - cycling is more viable somewhere flat. And somewhere sunny, and somewhere dry, the fact is, people cycle in Finland yet they don't in Canada because it's not safe We have electric bikes now so slopes are even less of an issue than they were previously >For me cycling has a very narrow potential use case - if its too far to walk, and close enough to cycle, and I do not need the luggage space of a car. Tell that to all those people in Amsterdam who don't even bother to get a driving license