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I suppose the same thing can be said (and often is said) about bike lanes. After all, what's really different after painting a bike lane stripe? The street is still just as wide/narrow as it was before. Any perception of enhanced bike safety is merely "between one's ears."

Granted, Nueces is a pretty bikeable street as-is. I believe the benefit of boulevard'ing would be to protect (and possibly improve) its bike-ability while also discouraging automobiles from using it as an alternative to Lavaca/Guadalupe.

Nueces does get a bit testy during evening rush hour -- and also after the bars close. 

Bottom line, its a good candidate for a bike boulevard and its an experiment that should be pursued.

The "Bikes Yield" idea makes more sense as an across the board rule change for all Stop signs. Unfortunately, it'll never float until all those automobile drivers become active bike riders.