Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
My experience of riding in Philadelphia long before any bike lanes were painted tells me you are correct in your assumption.
Where do the the door zone Henny Pennys think almost all cyclists ride on urban streets with both dense traffic and parking allowed, with or without bike lanes? Answer: on the same piece of door zone real estate and not where the VC gang dreams that cyclists should ride.
It would be interesting to do an analysis of cyclist lane position in all these accidents where the driver "didn't see them". I have noticed that both here in NYC and in Boston that now that bike lanes have been in place for a few years there is a bit more expectation on the part of drivers that a bike may be in the lane. Still, NO guarantee, and never should it be, but still it may be an improvement over roads with no bike lanes where drivers just remain in their clueless states of distraction.