Originally Posted by
tandempower
It really all comes dohwn to speed and width. If a vehicle is narrow enough to fit in the bike lane and slow enough to not pose a hazard to cyclists, why shouldn't it be allowed to use the lane? Cyclists can pass it and if traffic became congested in the bike lane, a second bike lane could be added to the left of the first with a broken line for passing.
Yes of course. Hardly a simple thing around here. Getting bike lanes at all was a battle that took many years.
We have some two-way bike lanes (adjacent lanes going opposite directions instead of a single lane on each side of the road). You have to keep your line steady even if you're NOT a wide load. I can imagine being the victim of a head-on with a trike, as the dude is trying to answer his cell!