First, notice I specifically called out my assertions as anecdotal, but I imagine many large cities are the same. I am a cyclist, but I am not dumb enough to r

First, notice I specifically called out my assertions as anecdotal, but I imagine many large cities are the same. I am a cyclist, but I am not dumb enough to ride a bicycle in downtown automobile and pedestrian traffic. I walk over a mile each way from the train station to my office, and have been hit twice by a bicyclist during that walk. I stand by my observation that the majority of bicyclists in Chicago are extremely dangerous and do not follow traffic laws at all. They also wear headphones and even look at their smartphones while blowing red lights and riding down sidewalks packed with pedestrians. The delivery messengers are of course the worst in this regard. The city put in special bike lanes on many streets and still bicyclists don’t use them and ride the sidewalks instead.