TBF the new biking lane in Viale Monza sucks big time.
Also: you can make how many bike lanes you want, they will never make biking in the cold comfortable, especially for people that are not used to it.
A lot of people living in Milan come from warmer weathers.
So the main users of bike paths are riders delivering food with their e-bikes and/or tier scooters.
EDIT: I've been living in Milan for 8 years, i live where the new bike lane is, it's 100% a design by committee [1], that it's so bad that sometimes it runs on the right of public transports, so when the bus has to stop, the bikes run into the people getting off, some other times it runs on the left of the bus stop, so when the bus has to stop it needs to cross over the bike lane, which is as dangerous as you might think.
the new biking lane in Viale Monza is the greatest thing to happen to Viale Monza since the metro.
with "warmer weathers" are you referring to southern Italy? because the same riders you said are using the bike lanes are coming from actually warmer weathers (like western Africa) and if they manage to bike around all evening in January maybe a person from Puglia can commute without big issues.
and the main safety issue with that bike lane (or any other bike lane in this city) is people who treat it as a parking spot or a car lane, not the occasional bus
Also: you can make how many bike lanes you want, they will never make biking in the cold comfortable, especially for people that are not used to it.
A lot of people living in Milan come from warmer weathers.
So the main users of bike paths are riders delivering food with their e-bikes and/or tier scooters.
EDIT: I've been living in Milan for 8 years, i live where the new bike lane is, it's 100% a design by committee [1], that it's so bad that sometimes it runs on the right of public transports, so when the bus has to stop, the bikes run into the people getting off, some other times it runs on the left of the bus stop, so when the bus has to stop it needs to cross over the bike lane, which is as dangerous as you might think.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design_by_committee