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@Oliver Schick
Long story. I'm always happy to explain over a pint. In a nutshell:
This is London, my friend.
HTFU.
Sorry, lame joke. Better in a nutshell:
It's all very facile to compare street widths, but that tells you nothing useful. And it's beyond ridiculous to imply that the similar width of Oxford Street to Spui in The Hague is in any way an indicator that it could be possible to have segregated cycle tracks in Oxford Street. They may say that it's only for argument's sake that this is shown, but they have to at least run the risk of being taken seriously, or asked which planet they live on. :)
Also, different places require different solutions. It's all very nice for people in the Netherlands to think that their traditional ways should be applied everywhere else, but London is different by a multitude of factors. People don't generally understand the huge complexity of London unless they've actually tried to do some campaigning in it. It takes quite a lot of experience. There's nothing 'easy' about putting in such facilities in London.
Anyway, I try not to get involved in segregation debates, as it's a massive non-issue.