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@aggi
A lot of the anti-infrastructure arguments seem to be that the newly built infrastructure is a bit shit so infrastructure is not the solution.
Surely the conclusion from that should be that shit infrastructure is not the solution.
I'm happy enough riding with traffic, but I'm a relatively young male who rides a road bike, wears cycling clothes, etc. Personally, the current position, particularly with the addition of stricter laws, would be the better route for me. I suspect that's the same for many posters on here.
However, I'd like those people I know who are nervous about cycling to ride, primary school kids, etc. Get some cars off the road and have more people cycle. Realistically, this isn't going to happen when you're sharing the road with buses, lorries, tipper trucks, vans and the rest. However strict the laws, however considerate the drivers, people are going to feel nervous with that 40 ton tipper truck next to them or the double decker bus behind them.
In terms of what @Howard was saying about infrastructure potentially being cheaper, the Royal College St lanes are a good example of this. Segregation is by planters and studs in the road so it's easy to move around and test configurations.