Bicycle Lane is definately needed to spread its using. However, residential area planning is also a problem. For people living very far from where they are working, bicycle can’t prevail(or maybe they can park their car on their way where convenient and drag the bicycle off the car and cycle on into the downtown?)

Some proof for your article, I cycled more than 10 years to school or work. At a distance of 5 km, I always beated the bus!