Some of the “infrastructure” is lousy as well.
Look at Old Windsor Rd shared path - bumpy, in places narrow and with some dangerous parts. Hairpin bend that is extremely tight with no visibility for anyone coming the opposite direction.
Or at the big intersection with Abbott Rd where you cross two lots of lights then have a ridiculous tight, narrow section right beside heavy traffic, bollards blocking half the pathway and on the left side a deep drop away onto uneven dirt and rocks.
Whoever thought that was great design?
People end up doing dirt riding to avoid the tight narrow section beside the road.
and then have to jump up over a steep rise from the dirt onto the path.
Meanwhile the buses zoom overhead on a lovely straight, fast bridge avoiding all the stops and starts.
Why they didn’t put a cycleway on the same section as the buses (making it slightly wider) I’ll never know. It would save heaps of time.
Through Westmead a better effort was made with separated cycling and walking paths. Result? Pedestrians walk on the cycling path instead and leave their dedicated path unused.