Bicycle advocacy is not cycling advocacy. Bikeways neither make cycling much safer nor reduce the skill required. They probably do the reverse. Government knows that bikeways don't make cycling safer, but it uses the public superstition that they do. The government's bicycle program is designed by superstition for the convenience of motorists.
Cyclists react to the government's bicycle and bikeway programs.
The government's bicycle design standard encourages riding at night without lights. The government's bicycle design standard is based on engineering incompetence. Proper traffic laws treat cyclists as drivers of vehicles. Government bike planners mix cyclists with pedestrians. Effective Cycling is safer, faster, and better.