OMG yes! Why do people choose the road over a dedicated bike lane?! I live right on a dedicated bike path. Right here, no one would think of not using it because the alternative is an interstate, but along other areas, there are sometimes more bikes in the road than on the path. WHY?
Because the destination isn't on the bike path or it has weird/nonintuitive access. ... I mean, jeez.
In the area I am talking about, this is definitely not the case. I am not talking about cyclists that ride 1/2 block on sidewalk on the wrong side of the street to access a front door...
The E/W streets are laid out like this: Bolded where bike lanes are.
Water
1) Seawall -
bike route, no cars allowed
2) cobblestone tourist area,
bikes can easily / safely get through and I see quite a few, for short passes, but too many pedestrians and, you know, cobbles. Car travel severely impacted.. this is almost a pedestrian only street.
3) Busy narrow 2 lane street in both directions, allows turns.. not a safe road for cyclists unless they take a full lane.
--- I need to enter the building lot in this area --- 4) Road with dedicated painted
bike lane, severely limited turns
5) Road with separated
10 ft wide bike lane, concrete barriers, bike lane signals, no turns by vehicles across bike lane.
6) Busy through road, one way at my end (wrong way), connects highway through downtown, limited turns to the north.
7) Two way road, that has pedestrian only block in the middle of town (deadend).
8)
Bike lane street
9) Side street that allows turns, but you really can't cross the perpendicular roads, so no through travel
etc.
There are also N/S bike lanes every 4th block or so.
So, out of 9 E/W routes or roads in a row, 5 of them have dedicated bike lanes of various separation from traffic.