I'm only one step beyond Al's position. I have concluded that it is not possible to create bike lanes to any significant degree without also creating the problems in Al's unhappy collection.

So my political objection to bike lanes has a practical basis: Al's unhappy collection, which I believe are inevitable if you are to have bike lanes.

In any case, a "bike lane" today is what is defined and allowed by the MUTCD, the recommended designs of which blatantly (and I believe necessarily) create the problems in Al's collection.