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Crossings should be safe for humans and bikes. Meaning, they should be short and bikes should not be ridden across intersections if no bike lane
If there's no bike lane, and bikes can't ride across intersections, how on earth are bikes supposed to get around at all?
Get off the bike and push it.
I know, it's not a great solution but think about it - if you're on a bike you're faster than a pedestrian and there's a high chance a car won't see you if they aren't already stopped (assuming there's no traffic light to regulate traffic).
Doesn't matter if the car sees me, I'll see the car. I'm always careful. Any time my attention is compromised, I do get off. When I'm healthy and cautious, I ride.
I also thought it was a bit of a wild request for bikes to only cross where bike infra exists. If we can't make progress in driver behavior, we should build more mode separation to contain the thousand pound death machines in their own physically isolated section of the street. At no point should we be compromising bicycle or pedestrian mobility. We have a right to the street also, and it's the cars who have trouble co-existing with the other modes of transportation without murdering a bunch of people.