Cambridge's Ambitious Protected Bike Lane Law
This is long term controversial issue. If you think the right answer is obvious you probably haven&#x27;t dove down to the details, where it&#x27;s much murkier. See in particular John Forester&#x27;s _Effective_Cycling_. Forester believes that &quot;cyclists fare best when they act and are treated as drivers of vehicles&quot; and are not segregated from them. There are studies in this area pointing in both directions. One such concluded that putting bikes on multi-use trails makes cyclists less safe. A lot depends on the design of the bike paths, and a badly designed one can increase the risk over none at all.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Effective_Cycling" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Effective_Cycling</a>