To be clear I am not really out to teach motorist what roads to use - I am out to enjoy cyclings, get from place to place safely and effceintly - if as a side effect it helps with neighborhood street calming advocacy, that is great. If I am using a 25mph posted road that has many other cyclists on it at the same time, I feel no issue using the full lane which I do to avoid the door zone. If I am moving at 15mph I'll move over in long gaps between parked cars and let faster vehicles pass, but if I am traveling at 25mph, I'll stay in the lane.

The street I am talking about is Alameda. During rush hour its a bypass for Southern & Broadway. I may see up to 20 cyclist per mile at this time and some motorists are going 23-25mph, but there is alway one impatient idiot wanting to go 35mph+ and I feel no reason to let them, after all they will be stuck behind the next motorst going 25mph of which there are always a few.

As you are probably aware, Tempe is looking at putting bike lanes, curb bulb outs with separated bike lanes, more speed humps, etc. along Alemeda to help reduce traffic volume and speed. I think a better solution is to enforce the SL and have cyclists use the lane instead of riding in door zones where the current plan is to place the BLs. If more cyclists today avoided riding in the door zones there would be fewer cut thru speeding motorists.

Al