All of the data on what makes for effective bike infrastructure continues to point to protected being the way to go.
Here's our position paper: www.bikemn.org/bikemn-is-al...
Decades of research and real-world experience point to the same conclusion. Protected bicycle infrastructure delivers better safety, accessibility and utilization outcomes than painted bike lanes.
Paint is for way finding. Protection moves the needle.
phys.org/news/2026-06...
Protected bike lanes increase Citi Bike ridership in New York City, but painted bike lanes and sharrows do not show a statistically significant causal effect on ridership after accounting for confound...
