Originally Posted by noglider

Maybe somewhere in Colombia? I hear cycling is taking a big uptick there, and it was already big, I believe. How's your Spanish?

Sometimes you don't need cycling infrastructure as much as decent roads. We don't have many bike lanes in the mid Hudson Valley of New York State, but people generally drive courteously, and traffic is light. There are signs on the small rural roads that say BIKE IN LANE to tell the motorists that they should expect to see cyclists in the travel lane. There isn't really a choice on these roads, as they have no shoulders, so of course we will ride in the lane. Traffic is light, too. But we certainly do not have a California climate.