In 1994, the first public cycling facility for women opened in Chitgar Park, west of Teheran.
Jeffrey Martone, the owner, said he hadn't considered the impact of a world-class cycling facility.
Providing on-route cycling facilities where roads are narrow etc, all help make it clear that cyclists are about.
The money has been spent over the course of three years on improving cycling facilities and routes, and linking the town to the national cycle route network.
Once regarded as one of the best cycling facilities in the country, the track has been empty for nearly a decade and the velodrome is being demolished.
Motorways, on the other hand, rarely have cycling facilities associated with them.
Montreal and Davis, California, which have had segregated cycling facilities with barriers for several decades, are among the earliest examples in North American cities.
Segregated cycling facilities are controversial, in particular concerning safety.
There have been a number of studies of research into the risks and benefits of segregated cycling facilities that have drawn different conclusions.
Adding cycling facilities doesn't cause congestion; it gets rid of it.