I haven't seen an American road like that on previous discussions about urban planning in the USA. It's interesting to compare with an urban road in Europe. I

I haven't seen an American road like that on previous discussions about urban planning in the USA. It's interesting to compare with an urban road in Europe. It's been painted very similarly -- narrowed lanes, regular "25" numbers on the road, the unwanted lanes turned into car parking. You can find that all over Europe in places where there's not much budget but speeds need to be reduced. But the main difference is the length, and the straightness. I'm afraid I don't have any solutions. Possibly it's still a bit wide -- the middle could be painted as a 0.5m wide hatching rather than just a single/double line, or maybe bike lanes could be fitted between parked cars and the existing kerb, but that is probably tight.