One of the most common arguments against building dedicated bike infrastructure is that we should instead be focusing on improving public transit. This argument sometimes comes from people opportunistically using transit as a cudgel but there’s also a kind of old-school city dweller that fundamentally understands transit in a way that they don’t for this new-fangled bike stuff. It’s worth remembering: in many cities, separated bike lanes are a relatively new idea. Just over a decade ago, Toronto was “considering” building some.

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References: Bike share in Salt Lake City and Minneapolis seems to replace driving the most: https://transweb.sjsu.edu/sites/default/files/1131-public-bikesharing-business-models-trends-impacts.pdf Bike share in DC replaces transit as much as walking: https://d21xlh2maitm24.cloudfront.net/wdc/Capital-Bikeshare_2016MemberSurvey_Final-Report.pdf?mtime=20170303165531 Bike share replacing transit vs. complementing transit: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1361920920305794 Transit Cost Project report: https://transitcosts.com/wp-content/uploads/TCP_Executive_Summary.pdf Construction costs in Canada report: https://stateofcitiessummit.ca/files/051224_Understanding-the-Drivers-of-Transit-Construction-Costs-in-Canada-A-Comparative-Study_2024-12-05-144410_bjnj.pdf