Many people in the US only walk between a school, business, office or home they're visiting and its parking lot, and they certainly never cycle anywhere. I real

Many people in the US only walk between a school, business, office or home they're visiting and its parking lot, and they certainly never cycle anywhere. I really wish they did because you'd quickly understand just how hostile 99% of the US is to pedestrians and cyclists. Let me rattle off a few problems: 1. Turning right on red is a disaster for pedstrian and cyclist safety; 2. Street parking takes up a lot of space and typically opens up cyclists to the risks of getting "doored" by an unobservant driver; 3. Bike lanes are rare and even when they exist, they're often just used as extra parking. In some cases, I'm sympathetic (eg UPS drivers) but I also see Uber/Lyft drivers who don't want to go to an available pull-in space 30 feet up the road thus forcing cyclists back onto the road or, worse yet, people just parking there. 4. In many other places turning lanes are often split from going straight lanes with some kind of divider in between so you can easily tell which way someone is going. You certainly can't rely on what they do or don't indiate; 5. Speaking of dividers, a center divider you can stand on is hugely helpful, safe, convenient and costs cars basically nothing; 6. You can design intersections that facilitate all forms of transport. The Netherlands is probably the gold standard here; 7. It can be hit or miss if US drivers stop at crosswalks at all; 8. I've had police tell me to get in the bike lane when I'm in the car lane. I had to point out to them that I was turning left. What am I supposed to do? 9. Many streets in the US don't even have sidewalks; and 10. Pedestrian crossings on busy roads tend to vary from nonexistent to completely useless. For example: you have to wait to cross halfway then wait again on the other side, you might have to wait upwards of 10 minutes for a window (I"ve heard of some streets in LA being like this) and you still risk an incident with an inattentive driver turning right anyway. The crazy one to me is Manhattan. Street parking should be completely removed in Manhattan. Loading zones only. But, as they say, a New York assemblymen is a job-for-life... until you talk about removing street parking.