[Drybrain]

All you have to do is visit any of the thousands of cities in the world where cycling and cars co-exist peacefully to see that cycling on streets shared with cars is not inherently unsafe--but we need to get over the idea that city streets are primarily for cars zipping around at 50 km/h, and everything else can get wedged in if there's room. Sometimes it DOES feel like bike lanes are empty, etc, but this does have to do with lack of infratsructure. Opinion surveys show there are a lot of people who want to cycle but are scared off because it still feels a bit intense to chcle on city streets. Protected lanes are the best way to address that.