People seem to prefer using the “main” streets and/or the exact street that leads to their destination, even when parallel roads would work just as well. For i

People seem to prefer using the “main” streets and/or the exact street that leads to their destination, even when parallel roads would work just as well. For instance, I would often see cyclists causing major headaches by insisting on using space on busy roads (that lacked a clear lane) for miles, when there were dozens of residential side streets that ran 90% of the same way and were deserted. In those situations, the better solution is to just not use the congested road and pick another one that is basically going the same way. Similarly, buses run on predictable schedules and traffic is regularly frustrated sitting behind stopping buses when they could simply pick a parallel road where the bus doesn’t run at all. In a downtown scenario, maybe roads should be entirely reclassified to ensure separation. Maybe every 3 blocks is a street that has two lanes exclusively for cyclists, and then cyclists are banned from the other blocks that have only car lanes? Maybe deliveries and other stops should only be allowed on one of the 4 “sides” of a city block, with illegal stops on the other sides?