There are two very important messages in the next paragraph in that blog:
We know this very clearly in Seattle, where decades-old and well-established “vehicular cycling” education programs and cycling clubs were not enough on their own to get everyday cycling levels much higher than a couple percentage points. But they have been extremely successful at embedding safe cycling practices into Seattle’s cycling culture. They are also a huge reason why Seattle driving culture is so much more patient and friendly to people on bikes than most other US cities.
Education
alone was not enough to get people to bike, BUT, education was key to getting people to understand bikes on the road. There is nothing wrong with cycling education, and even in much touted Copenhagen, there is a strong bicycle education system that starts at the earliest grade levels.
Education gives people choices... it opens eyes. Cycling education as well as driving education should be a part of our regular school curriculum as much as math, reading and writing.