Yeah, I consider the bike lanes around here basically completely useless. You can't actually get much of anywhere. And there are too many drivers who harass bikes. We just saw that recently with the boxer who got killed that way.

There's no thought of anything but cars, last spring at least there was a construction spot where they set up some barriers that force a pedestrian into a 35 mph traffic lane (decelerating from 55, so a lot of drivers are going faster than 35.) And while pedestrians at that spot would be extremely rare (there's nothing beyond it--the only pedestrians would be those who were actually seeking nothing. Namely, hikers) there is a decent amount of bike traffic there.