Originally Posted by
I-Like-To-Bike
The "bike lanes are all about safety" mantra is another bogus Forester truism stated so often that it has become VC gospel. Comfort and stress reduction, as well as smother traffic flow for all users of the streets are goals at least as important as considerations of "safety".
But why would one seek comfort, stress reduction and smother traffic flow if one was not afraid of same direction traffic?
It's all tied up on one neat little "logical" package. We must subject all cyclists to
aversion therapy and insist in blocking the flow of traffic especially mid-block when there is no need for safety.