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[quote=Anonymous][quote]The PC thing is to say that bikers have as much right to the road as a car,[/quote]

That is not the PC thing. Other than on limited access highways, it is the law in DC and Virginia (and on any road without a bike lane in Md)

[quote]but the reality is that the roads are designed for vehicular traffic,[/quote]

They are not designed for SUV's, or for current volumes of traffic, and in many places for people to cross the street.  We are not limited to what they were designed for (though planners are trying to change those designs)

[quote]and city planners bank on being able to move a certain number of vehicles in a given amount of time. [/quote]

In almost every jurisdiction in greater DC city planners bank on getting more people to commute by bike, by walking and on transit, and fewer by car.

[quote]Legally, a car can drive 10-15 miles below the speed limit on a highway, but that has a massive effect on traffic flow.[/quote]

Legally off a grade separated highway, there are no minimum speed limits.   Its illegal to deliberately obstruct traffic, but a vehicle, whether bicycle, work vehicles, or amish buggy  going as fast as it can is within the law
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 A bike isn't much different especially since there are timed traffic lights on roads.[/quote]

Bikes are different because they typically are on faster roads only for short sections, and even there can (where there is an unoccupied parking lane) swerve to the side to let faster vehicles (a technique called lock and release, which I use, though only where I consider it safe to do so)

[quote]Unfortunately, short of banning bikes during rush hour (which wouldn't work), there isn't a viable solution.[/quote]

There are multiple solutions.  One is to add appropriate bike infrastructure to every fast road.  A second is to provide connections between quiet streets that currently dead end, so there are alternative routes for riders.   A third that makes sense esp where there are a lot of pedestrians, is to lower speed limits.[/quote]

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