hi.. i should consider myself lucky to have bike lanes right out my front door, as i live in a city fo 3 million plus.. and i am right downtown.. these lanes lead to a wonderful trail along the lakeshore and beaches... however there is usually a line up of cars sitting inside them..mostly on my side to visit the Donut shop..
Toronto bicycling network has police checking these cars.. but there are just too many cars and not enough officers to go around doing this kind of job.
so to utilize them we have to keep our eyes open for car doors, rapid stops, turns into the lane with no signals and of course.. pedestrians walking in the bike lanes..lol
in some ways its' helped me.. i can now bunny hop(small one) a curb with my roadie.. and my unclipping is supafast now
p.s. Brighton is on my list for visitin cousins in the future..lol guess i should avoid the bike lanes.