Safe Cycling - a continual struggle

A couple of days ago I received a phone call from research company wanting to ask me questions about the Coronation Drive bikeway upgrade (Bicentennial bikeway upgrade). Twenty years ago I started taking up cycling. I even did some racing with UQ Cycling club. Around that time I started working for a major electricity distribution company in the centre of Brisbane CBD. This meant cycling 20km to and from work every day. I soon realised that cycling in Brisbane can be dangerous. A cyclist (see article below) was killed cycling along the original Coronation Drive bikeway. The Internet had only started to be popular. After many messages, the word got around and probably the first even mass bicycle ride in Brisbane rode from Toowong to Brisbane's CBD to protest over the safety situation of the Coronation Drive bikeway. So never take the now safe Coronation Drive bikeway for granted. It cost at least the life of one cyclist before the authorities took notice. Cycling is a great way to travel and why should it be relegated by large car manufacturers?