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Originally Posted by CrankyOne
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http://www.streets.mn/2013/10/04/do-...-bike-lanes-2/

I think this sums it up: "What mom wouldn’t want to take her kids for a thrill bicycle ride on Park or Portland [bike lanes]?"
Yeah, it is better than it was but the bike lanes are problematic for riding on busy streets like Park or Portland.

Currently I am riding in Tucson, making my way from bike path to bike path and checking out bike lanes/shoulders. Some are horrible. And you really have to be careful of being right hooked or sideswiped. And there is glass everywhere. The couple of bike shops I have been to really talked up the quality of Tucson biking with its network of paths and lanes, but they have nothing on Minneapolis. Though I will say that I am finding people on the bike paths are really polite and seem to follow the rules. Except for one guy, who passed my spouse on the right, almost wiping both of them out. Jerk.
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