Also, "normal" people (i.e. not activists) are more afraid of taking a bike if there's not bike path. So they end up clogging traffic even more by going by car.

Car drivers here, as anywhere, truly will do ANYTHING but actually demand better, varied infrastructure. You could make driving a car complete hell(it does it itself, most of the time) but most of the country would still fight any improvement.

I always like to point put that I own a sportscar and still prefer the metro and bus. They’re just better for nearly everything. Unfortunately, I came to that conclusion by using my brain and that’s not something most Canadians have a fully-functioning example of.

All switch to quadricycles to take up space in the driving lanes? These days there are even some nice covered electric assist cycles.