I regularly drive two different roads that have bicycle lanes with auto lanes on either side of the bike lanes. I’ve never seen a biker using one of the lanes, which doesn’t surprise me as a view it as a death trap for bikers.
I’m extremely careful when I’m driving on either side of the bike lanes as I feel I’m being put in a situation where, if an accident were to happen, I’d likely have an issue whether I was at fault or not.
Lots of cities pushing the bike to work idea and many are designed like I’ve seen in Europe. Thing is, Americans are too fat and lazy and aren’t into biking to work like people are in Europe, so bike lanes here go largely unused and a waste of highway space.
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