the problem I feel is that the people that design the stuff, dont have much of a feel for cycling generally, unlike their Dutch counterparts, and so they treat everything they implement as like a pedestrian but with wheels problem. pedestrians cross roads, so pedestrians with wheels end up doing so to, and so on.
certainly what Im seeing more of lately are schemes that tend to just rebadge already cycle ready routes, or quietways, as "cycling infra" often at great cost, maybe with some road priority changes or kerbing, even though they really dont improve things for cyclists that much, or provide much of a desire line style route.
I mean surely if the idea is to replace car journeys, you model your cycleways to mirror the kinds of journeys people take in their cars, you dont join up two random places on a map because it might look nicer, because people probably arent driving between those two places as else theyd be demanding you built a direct road instead.
consequently the infra doesnt move the modal needle at all, and all the motorists then complain what a waste of money it was and why didnt they spend the money on a bypass instead.
