Routing question - what would you do?

[nscrbug]

Do not stay too far to the right if the lane is not wide enough for a motor vehicle to pass you with several feet of clearance. If the lane is not wide enough, take the lane. Make them cross the yellow line in order to pass you.

I've learned this the hard way -- hug the right side of the road and you get side mirrors within inches of you because drivers think they can pass while staying to the right of the yellow line. Move a foot or two to the left and cars partially cross the yellow line and give you enough room to pass safely.

See page 15 of this document:

http://www.bikearlington.com/tasks/s..._Bicycling.pdf

Yes, exactly...hence why I said "as far to the right as reasonably possible". I never, ever hug the edge of the roads I ride...simply because many of them have anywhere from a slight to a moderate drop-off at the edge and I could easily wind up in a ditch. I always choose to force a car to wait until it's clear to pass me. My apologies for not clarifying that in my post.

[OakLeaf]

I don't know why this wasn't tweeted until the end of the day yesterday...

http://www.bikeleague.org/blog/2010/...nd-ray-lahood/

but you might still have a great opportunity to point out to officials the lack of safe routes in your part of town.

Also, if the bike lanes on 34th and 10th aren't actually usable, or don't actually exist, it would be good to report that to Google. I'm doing my best to contribute to the Google bike routes in my area.