Well, there it is right there.
My experience over 38 years of bike commuting in several cities and towns is that there are usually plenty of streets that have widths, traffic patterns and speed limits very amenable for safe, pleasant cycling.
The difficulty is that these streets most typically don't cross freeways, rail yards, rivers and creeks, etc.
I don't need the addition of seven miles of bike lane to make my commute safer or more pleasant. I would like two 90 foot long bridges, though.
I'm unaware of a single municipality that's approaching cycling infrastructure improvements from a connectivity aspect. Even the cycling advocacy groups seem to push for miles of exclusion verses detail improvements in connectivity.
tcs
Yup. The post where I write about how I often ride west on Bell Rd., the busiest surface street here in Phoenix, is because I have to get over the 51 freeway and there is no other way. I would gladly take another route if one was available.