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Bike lanes are supposed to create order. They give riders a predictable place to travel, separate bicycle traffic from faster and heavier vehicles, and reduce the kind of ambiguity that leads to crashes. Yet some of the most serious bicycle injury cases still happen inside or right next to marked lanes. Painted stripes help, but they do not force a distracted driver to look before turning. They do not stop a delivery van from blocking the lane. They do n

Denver has become a serious biking city. Commuters ride year round, recreational cyclists fill the Cherry Creek and South Platte trails, and delivery riders weave through downtown traffic at all hours. That growth has brought more conflict between bikes, cars, pedestrians, and road design. When a crash happens, the legal issues are rarely as simple as "the driver hit the cyclist, so the driver pays." Colorado law, Denver ordinances, and the facts of

A bicycle crash changes more than a rider’s medical chart. Broken bones, road rash, surgeries, and missed work are the obvious losses. What often lingers longer is harder to show at first glance. Riders who were once comfortable commuting through downtown Denver or taking weekend routes around Washington Park suddenly feel panic at intersections, dread when they hear brakes, or a knot in the chest when they see a truck drift too close to the bike lane. Some s