Yeah but back to the OP. This pisses me off to no end.

I too ride roosevelt road 2-4x a day, and more if I get groceries or see friends. It's sad but even without bike lanes it is still the safest way for me to get to and from school. I don't understand why the hell they would erase bike lanes:

1) Riding a bicycle is pretty safe in bumper to bumper traffic.
2) Cyclists are still going to ride it, and cars are still going to hit them, but now the fines are less and cops can say "Tough **** sherlock you should have rode in a bike lane instead of a car lane". (OH like that other bike lane that goes from racine to state street south of my house. what was that called? SIXTY-SEVENTH STREET?!).
3) most of the areas between canal and ashland cannot accommodate another lane, give the 3ft to me if they aren't gonna use it.
4) Cyclists do not jam up traffic in any way, removing the lanes will not somehow reduce congestion
5) for ****s sake you want to know how to avoid congestion? RIDE A BIKE.

Sorry for the rant, but I really hate this. Who is up for a guerrilla repainting of the bike lanes??? I'll buy the paint, if anyone has access to a road contracting company's equipment...please PM. OOh and who wants to make the man on a bike stencil?