It comes and goes honestly. Sometimes I feel completely fine - othertimes it feels off. It's the transit cooridor so it just attracts a lot of attention, and the McDs on 3rd and.. Pike I believe? always looks like a zoo.
I was out last weekend and it was completely fine, but 2 months ago there were a lot of people shouting and causing commotions, so it just depends. It was great a few years ago, I'm hoping it's just a blip.
I know the feeling, as both cyclist and motorcyclist haha. "They're just lines on the road, no real safety!" Vs "aww man, it's bottlenecking traffic by reducing lanes".
Ultimately, imperfect but appreciated by me. Or did you mean the incline?