On-road marked bicycle lanes are not optimal to keeping cyclists safe - Marked on-road bicycle lanes actually reduced the distance that motorists provide when passing cyclists. The largest study of its kind in the world found that one in every 17 passing events came within one metre of the cyclist.

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On-road marked bicycle lanes are not optimal to keeping cyclists safe - Marked on-road bicycle lanes actually reduced the distance that motorists provide when passing cyclists. The largest study of its kind in the world found that one in every 17 passing events came within one metre of the cyclist.