Responding specifically to “those bikes zipping past me are just as scary to me as cars are to cyclists” I do agree that if there’s a safe bike lane, cyclists should be using it, not the sidewalk. I wouldn’t classify all bike lanes as ‘safe’ tho
I also dislike being passed by cyclists on the sidewalk but, it’s not really equivalent to cars. Car hitting a cyclist is far more likely to have severe injuries/death than a bike hitting a person.
People like that are gonna cause accidents anyways. Studies have shown that accidents are more likely to be severe/fatal on wide, straight roads.
It'll prob get him votes depressingly, so I guess he's not wrong to do soBut it's a shame that we've let the auto industry brainwash so many people into thinking bigger and bigger car infrastructure is the only solution
100%, not denying that