Complaints like this surface in every city that implements bike lanes. Congestion must be dealt with by transit and cycling – peak oil was 2007 at most estimates and we simply have to decrease the burning of fossil fuels, full stop. People are accustomed to the days of cars being king, but I’m pretty sure those days are numbered. More than 50% of humans now live in cities, so this is where it has to happen. Also, if you lived in my neighbourhood you’d see that people bike rain or shine, summer and winter – they don’t have much choice, for one thing. It’s so expensive in Vancouver that many simply don’t have cars anymore. The Adanac bike route is packed with people. It just seems to me this is the wave of the future. Certainly I think divided bike lanes are the answer, as New York, Copenhagen, Melbourne and many other cities are doing. I agree there will have to be lots of fine-tuning. And more transit.