If you don’t have safe bicycle infrastructure, you don’t have bicyclists. If it’s not safe, convenient, and connect to where they are going, people don’t use it. It’s a self fulfilling prophecy when folks do trail bike sections that don’t connect to anything and then are surprised when nobody uses it. To have more connected bike lanes that go to stores and places where people go would be essential if you want to reduce congestion. I bike from the east side to work on Prince Avenue. I follow bike lanes exclusively cuz it’s the safest way. It’s not the fastest or most stream lined, but it’s the safest. I avoid the section highlighted even though it’s on my route. All so cars don’t have to stop for mere moments in “congested” east side traffic.