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Riding your bike everywhere is a great way to get some exercise, save money on gas, and reduce your carbon footprint, but let's face it -- it's no walk in the park. Most cities don't have adequate bike lanes or shoulders to separate bike and motor traffic. Because of this small oversight by city engineers, there's somewhat of a war going on between motorists and bikers on the roadways each day: drivers annoyed at cyclists for slowing up traffic and bikers annoyed -- and frightened -- at the high speed traffic swerving around them constantly.
Is there an easy answer to end the hostility between bikers and drivers? I don't know how easy it would be to execute, but creating separated bike lanes would no doubt go a long way toward preventing cars and bikers from coming into physical contact -- and that's never a pleasant experience. This video from StreetFilms takes a good even-handed look at what could be done in NYC, but the debate seems to be going on all over the country. Maybe it's time for city planners to start looking at the bike as a legitimate form of transportation?

[via Treehugger]