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just my two cents worth - the dutch model of (largely) separate infrastructure is not helpful for longer distances, or in my opinion, getting anywhere relatively quickly on a road or fixed bike. The cycle lanes are very bumpy ( brickwork laid over sand in most cases) designed for slow speed pottering on leafy back roads, all good if you're a leisure cyclist or simply popping to the shops, but for long distance commuting in a major city very unsuitable.
When cycling in Holland anywhere outside of a town center I used the roads as much as possible, even though it is not allowed, because the cycle lanes were so unsuitable.
Remember their largest city has a population the same as leeds, and is very dense (as is all of holland) I believe what London needs is more bicycle marking on actual roads, and increased awareness for all road users that we all have a right to use the streets.