Sorry, you are incorrect and I believe I have corrected you in the past on this.
The term "substandard width" is used in numerous locations in the context of bikes, cars, and the statutes. If you are looking for it in the context of road construction documents then you will probably not find it. It is a legal term. If you go back and reread my post you will see I was referencing the statutes and the only issue here is the statute. In the terminology of the statutes, the roads in The Villages are of substandard width. I do agree that you would be hard pressed to find roads that aren't of substandard width but that is besides the point.
For the purposes of this subsection, a “substandard-width lane” is a lane that is too narrow for a bicycle and another vehicle to travel safely side by side within the lane.”
from
Cyclists, pedestrians need to know safe and legal road position | Fort Myers Florida Weekly
There are numerous other references. The net result is that bikes essentially occupy an entire lane because of the substandard width and cars need to use the other lane when passing, regardless of whether it is a 4-lane or 2-lane road. I trust I won't have to go over this anymore in the future.
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Originally Posted by Polar Bear
You are correct that a car and a bike cannot coexist in a single lane in TV.
However, you are absolutely wrong that TV roads are of substandard widths. In fact very few roads anywhere meet the requirements for a bike and auto to coexist in the same lane. And those roads that do are far wider than the width necessary to be considered a standard road.
The ability for road lanes to simultaneously accommodate an auto and a bike in no way determines whether or not a road meets standard lane width requirement.
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