How much gas would be saved by turning half of each 4-lane stroad into a bike lane! :)
The bike traffic remains 1% of the car traffic, and 0% when it's cold/rainy.
This sentence alone tells me that it's not a bike lane. A painted line is not a bike lane.
Walter I'm seriously fighting the urge to write a wall of text in response. Why the knee-jerk reaction and the hyperboles? It's not interesting conversation...
It's not really saving gas if your alternative doesn't achieve even remotely the same thing.