Some people are never satisfied.
Bicyclists are always complaining about the roads. No question, it can be harrowing to navigate on two skinny tires next to speeding cars when the shoulder is narrow, crumbling, sandy, littered with debris or nonexistent. But there is no less frustration and danger in steaming along at 15 mph and having to dodge walkers, joggers, roller skaters and parents pushing baby strollers on an isolated ribbon of pavement barely wide enough for two bikes to pass. Moreover, some cyclists fear that if we acquiesce to being relegated to bike paths, more and more motorists will think we don't belong on the road at all, and pretty soon the powers that be will try to ban us from the streets entirely. I'm not foolish enough to think there will ever be bike paths anywhere you want to go.