Could this be a bike lane on Vernier Rd.
in Grosse Pointe Shores? Technically, no

Cyclists who saw the brand-new striping on the just-resurfaced stretch of Vernier Road in Grosse Pointe Shores are forgiven for thinking this is the first of the new bike lanes discussed earlier this year. But alas, it's not even though it could be. Eventually. Shores city manager Brian Vick said the white line is a lane marker, required by the Michigan Department of Transportation as part of its oversight of the resurfacing project. (MDOT played a role because the project received funds from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, or stimulus.) Vernier is too narrow for four-lane travel in that stretch, and so the lines were added to make clear to drivers they are on a two-lane road, Vick said.

The narrow strip on the shoulder is not for car traffic, and, he said, is not yet a designated bike lane. But, he said, it would be a natural place for cyclists to travel, and as the project to designate such routes in the Pointes moves forward, it might well have the distinctive chevron striping added later. In the meantime, cyclists are free to use it, motorists are warned to stay out, and little by little we find our way toward cycle acceptance and detente between the Tribes of Two and Four Wheels. 

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