Originally Posted by
spare_wheel
And you say this like its a bad thing.
Of course this isn't really a bad thing... but if it ever comes to that sort of cycling density, then those motorists expecting to go 50MPH+ on our urban arterial roads are going to be somewhat surprised.
Of course to get to that sort of cycling density, some 20-25% of the current driving population in the US will have to take to bicycles... which isn't likely to happen as long as gas is cheap (uh, supplemented by government) and those drivers believe that the road is for cars. ("get on the sidewalk").
But indeed that would be a real issue... for motorists.