> Originally bikes were expected to ride on sidewalks. Depends a bit by what you mean by "originally". In the early 1900s, bikes traveled in the street. Pede

> Originally bikes were expected to ride on sidewalks. Depends a bit by what you mean by "originally". In the early 1900s, bikes traveled in the street. Pedestrians traveled in the street. Everybody was in the street. The idea that the streets are the sole province of the car, and that pedestrians/bikers may cross the street only where it does not inconvenience the car, is the result of marketing to avoid cars being liable for pedestrian injury/death. So, same story of cars being overly prominent, but stepping back another 50 years.