I just happened to notice this comment:
Originally Posted by galen_52657
I don't know who's bike lanes you have. Thanking my lucky stars, we have few bike lanes here around Baltimore or anywhere in Maryland. I have seen (but not ridden) a few. They can be as narrow as 2'!
FWIW there are numerous types of lanes in MD and it can get very confusing but the major types that cyclists should be aware of are bike lanes, curb lanes and shoulders. We are required by law to ride in bike lanes and shoulders (unless there are hazards) but we are not required to ride in curb lanes. The main distinctions are; bike lanes have the bike symbol in them, shoulders are wide enough to park a car in and curb lanes are what’s left. We have been trying to keep the bike symbol out of questionable bike lanes because of our stupid law and the state has been trying to give us something along side the road so there has been an increase in the amount of 2-3 foot curb lanes in the state but they are not bike lanes!