Painted bike lanes are intended to make life better for cyclists, right? Why, then, do two studies I came across recently contradict that?

First, a study by Dr. Jennifer Dill out of Portland State University found that cyclists perceive painted bike lanes to be among the least safe types of bike infrastructure out there: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/ce...

Then, this Australian study found that motorists tend to pass cyclists more closely when a bike lane is present than when there is no bike infrastructure at all:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science...

So I put these ideas to the test by recording my bike commute and seeing just how close passing cars come to me when I'm using different types of bike lanes painted lanes, separated lanes and roads with no bike lanes at all.

#bikecommuting #biketowork #cycling

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