Originally Posted by CrosseyedCrickt
If there is no painted stripe, then isn't it called a "wide lane" and not a bike lane?
Forgive my ignorance and we have no bike lanes at all where I live.
Yes, if you have a road with bike lanes, and then remove the bike lane stripes, what remains are WOLs, or Wide Outside Lanes.
If you have a road without bike lanes, then the outside lanes may be wide or narrow. By "wide" I mean "wide enough for a bike and vehicle to safely travel side-by-side both
fully within the lane". By "narrow" I mean not as wide enough to be "wide".
A wide lane is at least 14 if not 15 feet wide. Any lane much narrower is typically too narrow to be shared, except perhaps at very low speeds.