Bike Lanes!

[boywonder.livejournal.com]

So, I've noticed a lot of bike lanes popping up on the streets of Somerville lately. While I wholeheartedly applaud the effort, they seem to me to have been done haphazardly. Kinda like they're almost in the middle of the car lane? On Powderhouse Blvd. and Cameron Ave. for example, there seems to be barely enough room, if clearly not enough room, for a car to safely pass a cyclist in the new bike lanes. Has anyone else seen them? It's like, maybe if they had moved them closer to the sidewalk a foot or so, there would be plenty of room for bikes and cars, but it seems the city made an error in it's effort...

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[jamiesquared.livejournal.com]

I was thinking the same thing when I drove home via Powderhouse today. My only idea was that maybe they are temporary and show the workers what roads are getting real bike lanes? It really didnt make sense to me as they are totally in the middle of the street.