Bike lanes here locally in my area are a mixed bag of results, some would have me riding in a mud strewn gutter, and others place me riding far more "vehicular" than if there was no bike lane in place.
Most bike lanes here put me in the "door zone" making it a challenge to work the rear approaching traffic and still watch for the door flinging motorist parked on the side of the street(just had one yesterday, getting out of his vehicle with his six pack of beer). I could ignore the "door zone" bike lanes all together and ride outside them, but that action seems to enrage the "territorial" motorists even more, so just staying just inside the bike lane seems to be the best compromise.
To add insult to injury, even with the better implemented bike lanes in place on some of our streets, the majority of cyclists I see are still riding on the sidewalk, so much for the "build it and they will come" theory.
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Prisoner No. 979