What I truly hate about the bicycle push is that some of us cannot ride bicycles for very legitimate reasons including medical problems or a job that requires a vehicle.
The issue in my area is that the "push" is coming through social engineering tactics, such as reducing road capacity and granting special privilege on existing roads to bicyclists.
If the change in road infrastructure were to occur after the bicycles became a more popular mode of transportation, that would be fine, but doing it before makes the whole situation miserable, especially for those of us who simply do not have the option of switching.
The other thing I hate about the bicycle push is the self-righteousness of many involved and the complete lack of consideration for people who cannot ride bicycles for various legitimate reasons, plus they are down-voting cowards.
Lack of consideration? I don't know what consideration you want but the roads are completely car dominated so there's no consideration necessary in my opinion.
I usually ride to work 4 days a week, and drive 1 day, depending on weather. I'm a driver but I still want proper separated bike paths. And I can't be the only one. People are scared to ride and I don't blame them. It's scary riding on a road with so many tired/oblivious/terrible/selfish drivers who actually don't follow the road rules even while driving a deadly weapon.
I can't understand why it's so difficult to provide facilities actually. Bike paths don't have heavy vehicles ruining them so need way less maintenance than normal roads.
A bike path for 2 way traffic only takes the width of a single car lane. You could just make one road per suburb one way, and there you go. I'm oversimplifying but I'm not a town planner, I'm just a dumb commuter.
At least where I live, it's laughable that you'd be complaining about a "bike push", as there are no real facilities for bikes at all. Just crappy unconnected paths that never get you to anywhere useful. You always have to go on a road with cars to get anywhere.
