Is it just me or are Amarillo’s bicycle paths seemingly routes to oblivion?

For years I’ve been trying to make sense of them. I’m coming up short.

The city painted bike lanes near Windsor Elementary School, not far from where I live. They go around the corner and down the next street. Then they end somewhere. I don’t know what the city parks planners are thinking. Recently I drove by Avondale Elementary School and noticed the beginning of a bike lane just south of the school. I followed it along Avondale for a few blocks. Then it disappeared, or at least I think it did.

I’ve long been a proponent of bicycle travel in Amarillo. Even on these hot summer days, we need to get out of our cars more and ride bikes. Those infamous March winds present a problem. Riding into the teeth of that bluster isn’t much fun. I get that.

But if we’re going to have bike lanes, then there ought to be a bit more thought put into them than what I’ve seen in recent years in Amarillo.