>>>....People need to understand that cycling infrastructure such as bike lanes is not neccessarily what makes the city bike friendly or not....The road layout, the way streets connect with each other and driver behaviour is more important then bike lanes...<<<<<

Exactly. That said, here in my hamlet of Syosset (Long Island, NY), they've added some bike lanes, but hardly anyone but me uses them. For this reason, motorists barely notice them and constantly drive all over them. A town/city can only do so much to make the roads "bike-friendly." It's the people who need to really make this concept work.