As a cyclist and a driver, I have to say that cycle lanes are mostly useless and in many cases do absolutely nothing to increase safety. To be honest, I don't blame cyclists for not using them - usually they have the worst surface of anywhere on the road and also gather debris including glass. Worse than that is that using them can be more dangerous than not. Practically all accidents between motorised traffic and cyclists in towns and cities occur at junctions and this is where cycle lanes are actually dangerous as they mostly just finish at or before a junction. For example, a cyclist in the cycle lane approaching a junction will have traffic passing at speed, this makes it impossible or very dangerous to try to execute a right turn or even go straight if there is a left turning lane for traffic. A cyclist is far safer being actually IN the flow of traffic approaching a junction. Studies in the UK are now starting to question whether urban cycle lanes are a good idea at all.
To be honest, in towns and cities the pecking order is guided by common sense: pedestrians, then cyclists and last motorised traffic. This is a simple recognition of the fact that it is the latter that cause death and injury. A pedestrian or cyclist at worst can irritate car drivers. I can't get over how some of the people I know work themselves into a rage over any perceived infringment by pedestrians or cyclists while driving even if it doesn't affect them in any way at all. When cycling and walking causes 400 deaths and countless injuries a year, then the rage might be justified. When I drive (or cycle or walk for that matter), I try to have some empathy for the other road uses - not adopt an "us versus them" mindset; it makes the experience far more pleasant and less stressful. Sorry - I seemed to have drifted off the subject a bit.