Mmmm, yeah, let’s have a novel road concept that will confuse unfamiliar drivers and also pit cyclists directly against cars in the same lane. Sounds great.

This was done in some town in California I think a few years ago. It actually did slow traffic and caused drivers to pay more attention. Overall though the area wasn’t happy with it and they reverted it. I think in that case, though, the municipality just changed it overnight without warning or consultation.

Having the entire road unmarked seems like it would work better than whatever this is.

“Hey! You know all those things that make unprotected bike lanes dangerous? Let’s amp it up a notch with trial-by-vehicular-merge”