It doesn't necessarily follow. I can think of at least two other reasons as to why skates would be less used: 1) skates require much more skill than bikes, re

It doesn't necessarily follow. I can think of at least two other reasons as to why skates would be less used: 1) skates require much more skill than bikes, reducing the number of potential users. 2) the skateway network isn't as big (what happens when you have to get off the skateway, it makes it lesss useful than the bike path)