Originally Posted by Serge *******
...But here you have pointed out something else entirely. Something very interesting. Essentially, you're saying you don't care if motorists are traveling 40+ mph faster than you in the adjacent lane, and, apparently, even if they're doing so only a few feet away, as long as they stay in their lane.
Here, you are rejecting a core assumption in my argument, so of course it is not convincing to you.
Why you're okay with fast/close passing (when there is a separating bike lane stripe) and I am not, is perhaps a question we can address later.
Rather than address my arguments why not address your own assumptions and discomforts. Why should motorists slow for you? Why do you prefer they change lanes to pass you? Why do you prefer a nebulous shared space of indeterminate width to the relative predictability of motorist position when there's a clear indication of their boundaries marked by a white stripe? Why does fast/close passing with a bike lane bother you but fast/close passing without a bike lanes does not?