Originally Posted by robble

Perhaps your bike lanes were painted with more thought than the ones were I live. I don't like riding within a couple feet of parked cars (doors). I also don't like cars thinking they can ride the outer line of the bike lane. Nor do I like that our bike lanes are often filled with gravel or recently worked uneven road. I've come to believe in bicycles being part of the regular traffic flow in town.

Every bike lane I've seen here is in the door zone. Why are door zones bad? http://rwinters.com/docs/DanaLaird.htm

Here is an article on why bike lanes are bad: http://www.tpg1.com/protest/city/nob...kelanesbad.htm