Guardian : houses for cyclists

When I moved there I thought my flats in North Edinburgh were great for cyclists, having some outdoor "secure bike parking" and being at an end of the "network backbone" of off-road paths.

But ... I discovered that "secure" meant "secure for the thieves - in fact trivially easy to get into and allows them to work undisturbed" .

And now the council have had the idea to re-use part of the paths, putting a break in the network.  Promises of "like-for-like alternatives" for active travel - but AFAIK no firm alternative plans.  Likely because:
a) this is simply not realistically possible.  Not without having a noticable impact on the sacred car.  Plus any alternative route would be pretty hilly.
b) because that would go against exactly the reason they say they want the tram to run there.  That's because people got really angry about their other projects causing "disruption". (To me that just says "there always will be but yeah - you managed those projects really incompetently.  Why not recognise you need to do a better job?")

Sorry... if it makes you happier they have some problems also.  And I don't live there, because they're a bit keen on building over everything for my liking (though less of this is for motor traffic now).

Perhaps somewhere classified as "nearly car-free" / "autoluwe" would suit?  Or just a flat half-way up the Bealach na Ba?