I don't like the "bikes are vehicles" item on that chart. It appeared in the London design standards at the same time as the Embankment and North South superhighways and those are overengineered and still feel intimidating to novice riders, and also encourages the "dump cyclists back into traffic when things get hard" principle. I much prefer the Dutch "bikes are fast pedestrians" principle. There's plenty of good shared ped/bike lanes.
It's a tricky balance.
You have to recognise that bicycles need forward momentum to be stable, that cycles (particularly non-standard ones) have a limited turning circle, that wheeled users want flat, smooth, clean srfaces, and that anything travelling above pedestrian speed requires a decent sight-line for safety around other users.
You have to recognise that most people won't cycle if it involves mixing with any but the tamest of motor traffic.
You have to recognise the legitimate concerns of pedestrians, including those with disabilities that make mixing with cycle traffic scary (acknowledging that much of the
BRITISH fear of people using bikes is irrational), those who find kerbs a barrier to access, and those who require kerbs to navigate and would greatly prefer it if everything were controlled by traffic lights.
You have to deal with massive political opposition from rabid taxi drivers, business owners who want somewhere to park their motor vehicle, and Daily Mail types afraid that cycle infra will give their house prices cancer.
And it would be nice if those cyclists who are happy to use the road were able to access the cycle infrastructure without having to dismount to transition between the two.
