In my town (Toronto), we have bike lanes on some streets. On the days when I ride to work, I zip right past cars that are standing still, gridlocked. But only d

In my town (Toronto), we have bike lanes on some streets. On the days when I ride to work, I zip right past cars that are standing still, gridlocked. But only during “rush hour.” The rest of the time, cars are way faster than bikes on streets with bike lines, and honestly, outside of rush hour they’re just fine on streets where they have to share the road. My observation is that sharing the road with bikes is not a problem for cars, it’s that once the amount of traffic exceeds the capacity of the road, cars go from ziiiiip to standing still. At those moments when drivers are fuming about traffic, I’m sure sharing the road with bikes is very annoying. But then again, I observe that many drivers don’t like sharing the road with buses that go just as fast as cars, or street cars, or other drivers. Let’s face it: During rush hour, cars impede each other to such an extent that nobody is happy. Outside of rush hour, it’s a different story, and things like bike lanes, High-Occupancy Vehicle (HOV) lanes, &c. are huge wins for everyone.