Originally Posted by Bekologist

what are we left with? thankfully, not the vision of the 'do nothing' party, with their aspirations to throw the last four decades of bicycle accomodations to the wayside, forcing grandmothers and their charges to simply 'take the lane' on 60mph roads in San Diego arroyos. The 'eradicate the bikeways' zealots hold little sway in actual planning for bike traffic.

Traffic planning is advancing in leaps and bounds to better accommodate bicycling on the street grid.

cities are effectively planning street networks and infrastructure that supports more and safer cycling across communities.

depending on how much emphasis a community places on normalizing bike traffic, things ARE getting better.

the USA has a long ways to go to ride above the paltry two percent rider share.

However, traffic planners and city governments are, in some cities, effectively driving greater numbers of more diverse cyclists to safer roadway bicycling.