How the Dutch got their cycle lanes? You're going to love this .... they were made compulsory under the NAZIs in order to facilitate motorists no less! It's funny how you attack John Forrester as being "pro-motoring" while you're busy pushing an approach to cycling that makes it more dangerous and inconvenient, originated in a desire to get cyclists out of the way of motorists and was popularized by the exemplars of infringing on personal liberty. Or we could just tone down the snide rhetoric and deal with the actual facts.

http://www.galwaycycling.org/history-of-cycle-tracks/

http://www.cyclecraft.co.uk/digest/history.html