A photo taken in central Baku that circulated on social media on December 19 shocked many locals. It showed a new bicycle lane being drawn along Independence Street, near the capital’s old neighborhood, Ichari Shahar. Baku isn’t a total stranger to bike lanes \- in recent years the local government started marking bicycle paths in central parts of the capital. But before they were cleaved off from the sidewalks, not the roadways themselves – hardly in line with the ideals of a people-oriented city. Now, an entire car lane has been sacrificed to make way for a two-way bicycle lane and a buffer …