My experience in many South American cities is that the bike lanes are short, disconnected, and winding. So that if you just want to take the main thoroughfares to commute, you can’t.

It feels like they design bike infrastructure for fun weekend trips, not as a replacement for cars (eg commuting to work, going to the grocery store, going to some government office, etc).

I hate bike paths that wind through parks, for example. I’m not opposed to having those, but only after we first buid a place to ride safely along all the main roads, including over bridges and under tunnels. Without having to go some ridiculous detour.

And with ample, secure, covered biking parking spots outside markets, malls, office buildings, government offices, and public transportation stops