Is there is a standard for bike lane width? We have a new road, that's almost finished, with
some bike lane markers. Next Summer I'll give it a try.
Here there are some "Non-motorized" paved paths along the roads.
They migrate to one side of the rod to the another. I tried riding them & found many
to be "high risk".
Most seem ok if you are riding with traffic, but if the path is on the "wrong side" it's scary.
Driver who are turning right onto the road are looking left, & if you try to cross in front of them,
better have have eye contact with the driver cause when there's a traffic opening, they're
looking left, don't see you coming from their Right side, & BOOM!, they pull out right over you,
I think in most instances it's better to ride the shoulders
than to be riding the wrong way on a path along the road.
IMO, I feel safer riding a wide shoulder than a "non-motorized" paved path.
There are a few paths here with few road crossings, & are great in the summer, but
get little or no winter maintenance.
Pic of one of the new paths going in, Bogard Rd near Palmer. Should be done by mid Summer 2016.