Unsurprisingly, I usually bike to work and take a keen interest on bike safety improvements. I hate the "protected bike lane" phenomenon with a passion. My mo

Unsurprisingly, I usually bike to work and take a keen interest on bike safety improvements. I hate the "protected bike lane" phenomenon with a passion. My most common incidents with cars start with not being seen by the driver. A "protected" bike lane destroys whatever little visibility I have to begin with and worse, the increased turning radius means that what was once a mild sideswipe will become a T-bone. As a protected bike lane is usually also a wider than normal bike lane, ~8' vs ~4', I posit that you see a huge perceived and actual safety increase by just taking the existing normal bike lane and widening it.