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I love the idea of separated bike lanes, but as a cyclist in Texas I've seen a lot of people in the cycling community voice concerns that it fosters the already overwhelming motorist attitude that "bikes do not belong on the road." I don't know if this is true or not. If a city committed to a comprehensive network of separated bike lanes by x year, I would think cyclists would find it worthy of enduring some years of even worse animosity when they're forced to share the road with cars or "take the lane." In many cities, no such plan is anywhere on the horizon. In cities like mine, Houston, sprawling and car-worshipping and full of hatred toward cyclists, it feels like a pipe dream.