[Salgat]

To clarify, aren't these standards mostly relevant where heavy bicycle traffic exists? Do they still apply in areas with little to no bicycle traffic? I'm assuming you're mostly referring to this famous manual: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CROW_Design_Manual_for_Bicycle...

[andrepd]

There is no bicycle traffic because there are no bicycle roads. It's incorrect to claim that we shouldn't build bicycle roads because there's no bicycle traffic :)

[ndsipa_pomu]

A similar concept would be to only build airports where there's lots of planes landing.

[estebank]

Or arguing that a bridge shouldn't be built because people don't regularly swim across.