Rich, I think from Mr. Reddish’s (the letter writer) point of view, there are tens of thousands of cars running below the flyover. He is observing that there are no riders in the general traffic lanes, without understanding that motorist demand for any given bit of roadway is inelastic compared to a potential bicycle rider. In other words, a person behind the wheel might be discouraged by congestion but not influenced that much by perceived lack of road safety.

I use the "Uni-Cycle" route, and have done so for years. It is almost at the point of being congested in the mornings, certainly not the free space there used to be, and it’s not even finished yet.

Perhaps there should be law to prevent driver from coming within arm reach of cyclist like in Australia on road where there is no cyclist lane.

Try sitting by one of the main cycle lane roads at rush hour – there’s a fairly steady stream of riders along many of them