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@The_Seldom_Killer
Do you realise what Right of Way actually means. I only ask because it's a specific legal term around actually having public, permitted or specified access to or across land. Cyclists already have that, in massive abundance through the road network. While carving up yet more private and alternatively designated space specifically and exclusively for cycling would in theory make cyclists safer is that really the best way forward? (A point of order, despite what your facebook page claims, this really isn't done in the rest of Europe to any greater extent than it is in the UK.
Constructing an exclusive Right of Way network for cyclists to the extent that it would afford them significant levels of safety would be masively prohibitively expensive and fundamentally damaging to commerce, culture and heritage. The arguments for trying many other road safety measures that are affordable, realistic and achievable are far more compelling than this.
I think we can all appreciate your enthusiasm and commitment to safety for cyclists, but you might be better lending your efforts to supporting existing proposals, this one is never going to get off the ground.