They're in the process of re-striping the lanes on the main street of my direct route to work. It's going from 3 lanes, no bike lanes to 2 lanes for cars and bike lanes on both sides. On paper, this ought to make this route more bike friendly, but in practice I'm not so sure. Before, I had no problems taking the lane and because I can ride at traffic speed, I'd have no trouble changing lanes to make my left turn. Now with the bike lane, I'm wondering if it'll change the attitudes of drivers when they see me leaving my assigned lane. I guess we'll see.