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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
That takes planning, expertise, money and time. 

They can get most of the same political points with a bucket of paint and a person-on-bike stencil. 

I hope you are right and cycling advocates raise their standards and demand protected or dedicated pathways.
gpt
Painted bike lanes may be better than no bike lanes, but not by much. I generally do not see regular people making regular trips riding bikes in painted bike lanes, usually it’s people in spandex getting a workout in on Saturday morning that  probably also like the adrenaline rush of constantly almost getting ran over by passing cars