Sure, there are lots of multi-modal travelers, and by and large those people are the most even-handed and reasonable in these discussions. :) Some people who cy

Sure, there are lots of multi-modal travelers, and by and large those people are the most even-handed and reasonable in these discussions. :) Some people who cycle or take transit do so exclusively, but I suspect that many or even most have a car at home or occasionally rent one, or have at least been in a passenger in one in the recent past. Meanwhile, the overwhelming majority of motorists have never experienced the road from the perspective of a bicycle seat, or last rode a bike decades ago as a child or teenager. For those who live in a garage door community, it's possible that you could even go many years with your only vulnerable pedestrian experience being the weekly dash across the Wal-Mart parking lot. So yes, there is some tribalism to this. The people who ride bikes (some of the time) are a minority group, but I don't think we're the ones driving that mentality.