Originally Posted by genec

Cyclists, like motorists push the need for infrastructure, when new paths or roads are built, and the use levels rise, it is because the facility now encourages more users to choose that way.

If you look at history, you can well see this in plenty of examples... the original settlers to the west crossed deserts before roads existed; later roads were made, and more came, as the road reached capacity, the road was improved and more came. It is a circular process with each improvement leading to more users and more users leading to more improvement. To deny this is to deny history.