Originally Posted by
70sSanO
It all depends on the area. A lot of cities wanted to be bike friendly so they slapped a lane in between parked cars and moving traffic. Probably the worst of all worlds. Motorists expect cyclists to stay in their lane but cyclists would have been a lot safer to just have a wide traffic lane and shared it with cars.
Newer suburbs that were designed with bike lanes and off street parking is a different environment.
John
True, and I absolutely agree that I'd rather have a 16' lane to share than a 12' lane with a 4' door zone trap. I grew up in Agoura where most of the main roads have a wide bike lane or a very wide shoulder. It
felt safe. Now I live in the San Fernando Valley where there are tons of door zone bike lanes and, more recently, bike lanes in between the sidewalk and the parked cars (even worse!). But the fact remains - shared lane, bike lane, or shoulder - it depends on the attentiveness of the driver.
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