Your rant has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, as bicycles became popular (and caused the discussed spate of articles blaming/crediting it for a variety

Your rant has absolutely nothing to do with the topic, as bicycles became popular (and caused the discussed spate of articles blaming/crediting it for a variety of things) in the 1890s, before "car factory owning lobbyists" could cause the evils you attribute to them.