There is definitely an argument for more bike lanes in the Melbourne CBD: a dozen cyclists take up hardly any space at all as they fly past, while the same number of people in single occupant cars clog up an entire city block!

If you lived on St Kilda Road it would probably be quicker to ride your bike than try to cram onto the crowded trams in peak hour. Possibly people in areas such as South Yarra or Port Melbourne find it easier to cycle across to Flinders Street Station than to bother with trams.

I would call Fitzroy a more bike friendly place: less traffic on the side streets, and plenty of local residents who want to get from home to wherever they are going nearby.

I can see why people would cycle to work or study in the CBD, but I still have trouble imagining a large number of people who live close enough to Flinders Street Station for it to be their local railway station, but far enough away that the effort of cycling beats walking.