Originally Posted by
SBRDude
Actually, cycling probably wasn't popular at all when the road system in Seattle was developed, so it's hard to say that it has never been right. Stuff changes and Seattle is at least trying to make some improvements for cyclists. More can be done, but you have to start somewhere.
I would be surprised to find out that bicycling wasn't at least a mildly popular form of transportation when automobiles were introduced to Seattle. And I would be even more surprised to find out that roads weren't introduced in Seattle until automobiles arrived.
Automobiles, cyclists, and pedestrians have a long (often adversarial) history in most cities. As far as I know there has never been a perfect system implemented that makes everyone happy.