Shaun, I do admire your effort and take my hat off to your noble idea. I'm not a prophet of doom, but I think you are farting against thunder. A bicycle lane anywhere will just be an extra lane where taxis can overtake on the wrong side, like the existing emergency lanes. Caution Cyclisys signs will be ignored like 60km/hr signs by yuppies in their 333i's. Law enforcement now is basically non existing, and motorists that does not cycle, view cyclists as a bother. If you want to see for yourself, cycle for 1 week along Hendrik Potgieter during peak. It is a joke. The other morning no traffic lights were working, like usual. At one intersection there were 4 traffic cars and as many officers, standing on different corners of the i/s. Have you seen 4 cops regulating 1 intersection? The one did'nt know what he was doing, leave alone what the others were doing! I just closed my eyes and went for it, when I thought it was my turn. I will donate, also volunteer to police a stretch of road for 2 hrs a week, if you give me permission to bliksem the taxi drivers and the yuppies who does not behave. Seriously, good luck with the effort! I'm not a pessimist, more a realist.
