Originally Posted by madpogue

...It's easy to forget, with the expanding multi-use infrastructure we have today as the next "roaring '20s" approach, that bicyclists fought hard not only for the infrastructure we have now, but for fair use of it, and fair share use of public right-of-way in general. This included working hard with state legislatures to draft specific definitions that describe how we use the infrastructure we have now. Watering down those definitions just for those who WANT some newfangled assistance (those who NEED it excluded) is a disrespect for those who fought for what we have and enjoy now.