halfway out in the lane is probably fully out of the door zone..

If it is only safe to ride in 10% of the bike lane on the outside, what does the other 90% of the bike lane signify, the “give-drivers-the-wrong-impression-of-where-i'm-supposed-to-ride” lane? Whether drivers are riding in the same lane as you when you are both going in the same direction is not particularly relevant to safety in urban environments. Whether they are turning right, left or if they are opening their car doors are all very relevant. Bike lanes don't make you any safer from right turns, and more prone to danger from doors, opposite directional left turning cars, as well as merging traffic from the right side.

I'm fine with the bike lanes on University and Roland, as those avenues are extra wide, the parked car doors are 7 feet away and the cyclist is far enough out from the parked cars to be visible to traffic merging from the right side, but 5 foot strips buttressed right up against parked SUVs? I would very much like to see a study of that particular type of bike lane and see the actual effect they have collision statistics. I'm not confident that they are any kind of improvement, and have a concern that they may increase danger.

a bike lane is about awareness, and cars usually DONT drive in it.

either way, st paul street is now safer here because you have that much more protection in the form of a solid white line. it's not great but it's better than nothing.