SNORE. Look man, unless you live in the warm belt, which most of America is in the old belt, bike paths and lanes are a waste of taxpayers money because less than 2% of the old belt states population uses the freaking stuff! And lanes and paths cost a lot of money, between $500,000 to over $4 million dollars for EACH MILE!!!
http://www.pedbikeinfo.org/cms/downl...erials%20used.
In addition, bike lanes are more dangerous than just taking the lane and riding, why you scream? because ars want to use it to park in and to make turns with that's why, and I've seen cyclists get hit using those lanes, and I've almost been hit in them, so I no longer use the lanes, I take the street lane!
https://www.koaa.com/news/covering-c...e-lanes-at-all
I use to ride all over Los Angeles in the days before lanes came around and I never had an accident, I prefer no lanes for safety and for saving millions in taxpayers money. However, in warmer areas where the bike ridership maybe as high as 14% then paths and lanes, if done correctly, may be the better idea, but even california is having severe money issues, and paths and lanes there are the most expensive in the USA due to the cost of obtaining land rights, they can ill afford more biking infrastructure.
Oh boy, let the war begin.