Here in LA bike lanes don't mean anything, They just give people a reason to turn the road into an extra lane. I've seen people drive the bike lane, when the red light has the 2 lane road backe up, just to get to the intersection thinking they are going to make a right turn. Then when the light turns green they punch it straight and cut into the bike lane again just to pass the cars that were backed at the light. There is so much traffic in LA its ridiculus and i would say only about 80% are leaglly licensed. There is a 28 mile bike path that goes from the mountains to the beach along side a river bed. I have yet to use it but it is a great path and i think it should be allowed up to a certain speed. The path is only on one side of the riverbed, it would be great to designate the other side for MBs. Maybe if they did that it would encourage people to use mb and help cuase the metro problem here in LA.