Our hope is that future town development will take into account the cycle sharing program, such as travel routes and other information for urban traffic plans.

Japanese cities generally have narrow pavements/sidewalks, so there is little and often no space for rental bikes, electric scooters, etc. Such things, while convenient, can also look really bad when casually dumped wherever users feel like it. So yes, lets plan for personal transport and make sure it can be accommodated into the urban space.

Japanese cities generally have narrow pavements/sidewalks, so there is little and often no space for rental bikes, electric scooters, etc. 

You're right, this city is designed for cars and can be hell for pedestrians and cyclists. For a cycle share scheme to work, first the streets have to be made safe for cyclists.

I can't understand why people would want to rent a bicycle in most Japanese cities (except maybe Kyoto). It's not even cheap. For anything farther than walking distance, a bus or even taxi might be cheaper.