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It's a fair point, and one that I've seen a lot of people making. But... the money is being allocated specifically for cycling improvements, so by necessity the bids are pro cycling. The councils involved are doing what they can to improve things for everyone in spite of that, but the nature of the beast is that Mini Holland is primarily a cycling-focused scheme.
In the case of Enfield, certainly, there are a lot of local whingers going "well, why is the council wasting money on cycle schemes in a Borough with only 3% of transportation by bike, they should be spending it on this and that and the other", but they don't seem to realise that the £27 million is being pumped into Enfield by TFL specifically to improve cycling facilities, or that the council is making an effort to try to make that money go further by improving the public realm, too.