I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen a bicycle on the main streets in the area where I've lived for seven years. There are absolutely no provisions for bicycles on most of them and they just wide enough for four-lane traffic to move at 40-50 mph (speed limit...not actual speed people are driving!). The only time I will ride on the streets is at the crack of dawn on the weekend, when all of the sensible people are still in bed.