I have been riding long enough that when I started riding bike lanes were a rarity. I prefer wide curb lanes and no parked cars. Where there are no bike lanes the right edge of the road is cleaner. I know that the road being used for a parking lot causes visibility problems and narrows a perfectly usable road. In some major cities like LA as much as 65% of the land mass is used for parking cars. For years states have pulled away from the mandatory use the bike lane or else. Recently it has started to head back toward forcing us to ride in the bike path/ditch full of road debris I do not want to be forced to use a public facility that is not maintained instead of a perfectly good road. I believe that phasing out on the road parking and lowering speed limits in congested areas is more effective at preventing car bike collisions than painted lines that divide the road up.