Sydney's bike network stuck in the slow lane | Sydney Morning Herald

Nigel Gladstone at the Sydney Morning Herald writes: "Sydney's bike network stuck in the slow lane". My quote below:

Sydney University Professor of transport engineering David Levinson said bike network plans are "unambitious" because the government seems reluctant to face any backlash from the loss of car parking.

"What's the most valuable use of road space: moving people or storing cars?" he said. "The alternative is turning over more footpath space to cyclists, which creates a different set of conflicts and footpath space is a lot scarcer."

Dr Levinson said judging demand for bike lanes under current conditions is like trying to "judge the demand for the harbour bridge by the number of people swimming across the harbour."

City of Sydney Bike Network, including Pop-up Cycleways. The "Local Bike Network" is not even sharrows, and some links are shared footpaths..