If even 1/8th of the funds were used to provide one single lane of complete bike path along the same road corridor (that is one 10 foot wide lane that is a bidirectional bike path) they might just find that enough people ride bikes to complete their short hop errands and commutes to avoid having to add the 4-6 lanes that are currently being planned for just automobiles.

As the original article states... just the downturn in the current economy and the subsequent reduction in motor vehicle traffic is enough to cause question as to whether new freeway lanes are needed or not... if quality cycle facilities were put in place, that might be just enough to keep the motor vehicle traffic levels low enough to not have to add 4-6 lanes to the auto-centric freeway. But that sort of thinking doesn't occur to auto-centric planners.

Mass transit and cycling can have longer term positive results than simply following the same tired old plans... But no, let's use up all the land first, and then think about alternate solutions.