SHA math: 2 + 2 = 24

In Seat Pleasant, MD SHA is removing not one but two travel lanes (assuming 12' wide each) and giving us 2' wide bicycle lanes. Isn't that nice?

Seriously, 2' ??? Gee, I like getting whacked in the back of the head by a truck mirror as much as the next guy but...

What the heck happened to the recommended 5' for bike lanes? What happened to &quot;best engineering practices&quot; (as required by law)? (See: <a href="http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20111025010622931">http://www.baltimorespokes.org/article.php?story=20111025010622931</a>; )

One major point on how we got rid of mandatory shoulder use is because of substandard widths and now they want to give us mandatory use bike lanes that are substandard in width???

Read the story here: <a href="http://www.gazette.net/article/20111110/NEWS/711109868&amp;template=gazette">http://www.gazette.net/article/20111110/NEWS/711109868&amp;template=gazette</a>;