[Broken_Hippo]

Bike lanes keep people safe.

Not everyone can drive: We still have roads. And honestly, I've met a few folks that couldn't drive but could bike if it had 3 wheels (physical limitations) and with the electric bicycles, the folks that cannot do it are becoming less and less. In any case, it is nearly impossible to include everyone in everything: Without this, more people are in harms way OR excluded.

Bicycle lanes are great for powered wheelchairs, and folks can go faster than foot traffic then. You can get such things covered for winter (I see it here in town). So long as you maintain them like you do roads, they can be available all year.

Around here, bicycle lanes are generally alongside foot traffic and have shortcuts. Busses are available, though.

[acomjean]

I live next to a urban high school. In the before “school from home” times they installed a bike lane, then immediately had to install a lot more bike racks. These kids can’t drive and if they could there is no parking lot. I think it’s great.

[Broken_Hippo]

I live near an urban elementary here in Norway: So many bikes are lined up at the racks outside the school and it seems the kids have fun afterwards while going home (usually in groups).

Bike racks are an often overlooked part of having bikes and I wish more places had them! If you cannot keep your bike safe while at work or the grocery store, it doesn't work.

[u801e]

> Bike lanes keep people safe.

With the installations they have in the US, they're actually less safe to use compared to riding I the center of the rightmost general purpose lane.

[Broken_Hippo]

I do suppose it really should say, "good, well-designed bike lanes" but as it goes, I'm just now realizing it and it is way too late to change.

The bike infrastructure I've seen in the US has been low or lacking entirely, but I really am never sure how representative it was: I lived in Indiana in small to medium sized cities. In the smaller ones, it really wasn't unsafe to just ride on the road anyway and bike lanes weren't so necessary. At least one city had a walkway/bikeway where railroad tracks used to be and lanes around the river, which made biking decently convenient.