According to Gothamist 54 percent of New Yorkers actually said the bike lane expansion "is a good thing because it's greener and healthier for people to ride their bicycle, while 39 percent said it's "a bad thing because it leaves less room for cars which increases traffic."
And who can blame them ? Its does sound like a zero sum game fixed amount of road so more bike lanes = less road space and so more congestion.
What these figures don't say is that it only takes one irate or plain lazy, parked car to block a cycle lane so knocking out of action**. By elevating some cycle lanes* we can break the deadlock.
Once more people shift positivity to cycling on streets flatter than a dutch pancake then the streets will be come clearer for those who really must drive - everyone wins.
* believe me elevating car lanes or worse still burying them, is far more expensive
** assuming by out of action I mean not cycling segregated from traffic.
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