OK Cassandra, don't believe everything you read in the paper.

(Incoming rant...)
The Denver metro area, as in Denver all the close in suburbs, has over 100 miles of connected, well maintained, paved multi-use paths. These paths are open only to peds, skaters, and cyclists. The only place busier than these paths is Washington Park. But there's this really nice oval shaped road in the park that used to be open to cars, but it got so crowded that the Parks and Rec. Dept had to close most of it to vehicular traffic several years ago. It's great for training rides. Except all these other tax paying citizens want to use the park too. Shortly after the cars were excluded, Wash Park became THE place for cycling clubs to gather and do some training, and posturing. This coincided with a renaissance in the neighborhood immediately east of the park, followed by a similar trend a bit later on the west side. A beautifully landscaped and popular park got even more popular. Wash Park is also a place to see and be seen and people watching is not conducive to watching where you're going. BTW, Denver has one of the highest concentrations of city parks of any big city in the country. So there's plenty of parks. And remember, anything a city builds, it's gotta maintain--with tax money.
Mr. Grunig's comments about cyclists feeling that they have no place on the street is probably accurate as far as describing what avid cyclists feel. As an avid cyclist, who uses both the roads and the paths, I don't think it accurately reflects how bike friendly Denver is. We do have a number of well marked, designated bike routes, some of which even have adequate bike lanes. I definitely think we could and should, do even better. But there are all these competing constituencies in a city... Mr. Grunig is advocating for his.
What Mr. Grunig should be advocating for is a velodrome. Because that's how too many cyclists use Washington Park. Which is why the cops, responding to complaints from citizens, have to periodically go out to Washington Park and write speeding tickets. Believe me, there are better places to write speeding tickets, with higher speeds and higher fines. Revenue from fines matters, but it's nothing compared to tax revenue.
Come on up to Denver, I'll give you a tour of the bike paths and a pretty bike friendly town.