Flamboyant/dynamic commissioner of New York City dept. of transportation, Janette Sadik-Khan delivered presentation in Vancouver on how NYC repurposed some major downtown roads into more bike lanes.

http://planningpool.com/2009/10/tran...tte-sadikkhan/

In her speech last night (which was repeated at a meeting earlier that day), she felt that the safety of a bike route, can be measured by whether or not parents felt safe enough to ride with their children. To quote: "Families are the indicator species" for truly determining bike route safety.

It's a great goal to strive for certain areas of a city/region.