Hardly any thought was given to how people get connected to the system. It's a matter of integrating all of the different technologies. So you have whatever works in the corridors you're trying to serve. Whether it's a tram, or a bus, or a monorail, or light rail. You use the technology that's appropriate to the function it's serving inside the system.
Bikes are part of the system.
To me we're arguing about the shape of the wheels. The advantage that the light-rail decision has is that people already voted for it, and it's a proven technology that's used in lots of other cities. The first time they voted to build it. No, they didn't. Yes they did.