Yep. I stay on the road and act like a "vehicle" whenever I feel like it's reasonably prudent, but many streets / blocks in phoenix are straight up suicide for

Yep. I stay on the road and act like a "vehicle" whenever I feel like it's reasonably prudent, but many streets / blocks in phoenix are straight up suicide for a solo cyclist -- no bike lane, motorists not looking, fast and heavy traffic -- so I end up on the sidewalk probably 20% of the time. [Biking with a group, it's not so bad because you're much more likely to get seen / not run off road or cut off] 'Course, in Phoenix, there are verrrry few pedestrians and so colliding with them is not very likely provided one goes at a sane speed and uses bell / voice to alert folk you're behind them, but still, it'd be nice to not be more or less compelled to encroach on pedestrian space while cycling.