Big problem:

1.) Peds and cyclists don't mix too well. It seems as if the cyclists are given little choice at times but to use the crosswalks as a "bike lane". Of course, he/she should have gotten off the bike and walked it across those intersections.

Should. Most cyclists won't, so all he/she was doing is typical.

2.) What is it with using those New Jersey barriers...with posts on top? I can see why drivers--and even peds--can't see the cyclists too well: The "dividers" are tall enough to HIDE the riders! There is also no ready means of escape/bypass should one or more barriers suddenly get moved by a motor vehicle running into them or another hazard appear, snow plowing must be impossible to do well (making the route dangerously slippery in winter)...and the cyclists can't see oncoming traffic either.

There is a good reason for the "painted lines" to mark bike lanes.

3.) As has been pointed out before, the "curb-side hook" ("right hook" here in the States) is inevitable even when the rider is continuing straight on. Because the barriers come too close to the intersection there is virtually no room to escape the danger, even if it's an emergency turn (too little room to manouever).

4.) Very narrow lane, especially since taking the (main) lane is essentially impossible, even in the intersections (since the rider must re-enter the walled-in lane). No manouvering room there.

5.) And what is it with putting portable street signs IN the bike lane at at least one intersection "exit"?? Especially when the traffic they apply to is coming from the opposite direction!

6.) Where they finally removed the NJ barriers...yes...that two-way setup. As a split diamond lane.
I suspect buses do use it at times, since there are curb cuts at frequent intervals as are used at bus stops. [sarcasm] Must be really fun for a cyclist trapped between a concrete traffic island (too high to 'bunny hop' onto for most people, and the sidewalk (also too high a curb for most to leap) when the bus shows up. Fun for the bus driver to evade cyclists, too, in such a narrow space (NOT!) [/sarcasm]

7.) And, of course...the drivers and clueless "peds"--when the cyclist does have the right-of-way--get in the way. And where are the traffic cops? Seems they are nowhere to be seen.

8.) Oh, and let's add skateboarders, rollerbladers and motorized wheelchair users to the "mix"...

9.) And the piece de resistance? The wide left turn to continue in the opposite direction! Right across traffic. In the direction that rider was going, that was the way to do it. But, for those going the other way in the two-way sidepath? Illogical and very dangerous since drivers DO NOT EXPECT those who should be traveling at curbside (in the curb lane) to have to make a wide turn across traffic lanes at an intersection just to get onto a cross street while remaining in that relative lane position once they do get there.