Where I live, all of the main busy streets have a biking lane. The laws about biking on sidewalks have been well enforced around where I am, with a few people I know actually having been stopped by the police for riding their bikes there.
Bikers here were really happy at first when bike lanes were introduced. But over time they've been being used less and less, and mostly because they are quite simple not safe. The drivers here completely ignore the separate lanes intended for bikes and drive through them. Some lanes are shared between bikes and cars, but even if it is specifically labelled a bike-only lane people still pay no mind and drive right through them.
I live right along the busiest street in the city. There are bike lanes alone it, but people ignoring the lanes make it nearly impossible to actually drive in them, so I'm really forced to stick to the sidewalk until I get to a less busy area.
I'm not sure how common biking lanes are since I've never heard of any place outside of Canada having them. But if you are in an area with them, how safe are they there? And if you don't live in an area with bike lanes, would you want to have them?
Bikers here were really happy at first when bike lanes were introduced. But over time they've been being used less and less, and mostly because they are quite simple not safe. The drivers here completely ignore the separate lanes intended for bikes and drive through them. Some lanes are shared between bikes and cars, but even if it is specifically labelled a bike-only lane people still pay no mind and drive right through them.
I live right along the busiest street in the city. There are bike lanes alone it, but people ignoring the lanes make it nearly impossible to actually drive in them, so I'm really forced to stick to the sidewalk until I get to a less busy area.
I'm not sure how common biking lanes are since I've never heard of any place outside of Canada having them. But if you are in an area with them, how safe are they there? And if you don't live in an area with bike lanes, would you want to have them?