In New Jersey some of the freeways have cars only access. This is for the comfort of motorists that don't want to mix in with big semi's. The percentage is well below 1% of roads so segregated. How many more pages is this thread going to expend thrashing an idea that is a complete non-starter. Cyclists don't even use the lanes that have been striped off for them preferring instead to cruise on the sidewalks. Or not to ride on surface streets at all. In my town most bicycles get from place to place strapped on top of or behind cars. They are then deployed on trails or parks. When cyclists take to the road its on weekends in packs of 5, 10 or 20 and a car sighting provokes anxiety up and down the peleton until it manages to squeeze past. BASE jumping is arguably dangerous. Cycling in traffic has risks but can be managed accident free for quite a long time. Can you say the same for snowboarding? The attitude most snowboarders, BASE jumpers, moto-cross riders and BMX half-pipe artists have towards their chosen activities should be noted. Get out there and commute. Or don't. Stop the hand wringing and sniveling. It's unseemly. We're better than that.

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