Re: RE: Re: RE: Re: Ove Interest?

On 2/27/2025 2:29 PM, cyclintom wrote:

ALL of the major bicycle groups approve of bike lanes and paths which minimalizes the necessity to EVER take a lane.

Yes, most if not all major bicycle advocacy groups approve of bike lanes. That's a problem, not a solution, because America has thousands of miles of badly designed lanes, shoehorned into roads where there is not sufficient room. See https://cyclingsavvy.org/2018/08/bike-lanes-dooring/
And despite that, the vast, vast majority of streets in America have no bike lanes. That's in large part because they don't need bike lanes. I'm long retired, but if I were to ride my former commuting route today, there would be precisely zero bike lanes on the entire 7 mile route. The nearest approximation would be sharrows and "Bikes may use full lane" signs on maybe 100 feet of one street.
If the lane is wide enough to safely share, then share the lane. If the lane is too narrow to safely share, it's legal and smart to ride lane center.
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- Frank Krygowski