I posted the article for you "lucky" folks with bike lanes. There are no bike lanes or paths on my commute route, and very few in my city at all. The "bike paths" here are multi-use trails that go nowhere in particular, so they are generally useless for commuting and not much better for exercise. Every now and then I'll ride on one of the paths as part of a longer ride through the city, and I'm reminded how much I dislike riding on them. The pavement is crappy, joggers with headphones are everywhere, people pushing strollers, nobody watching where they are going or aware of who might be approaching. You have to ride very slow unless you want to run into someone.