Bicycles and automobiles should not share the same roads at all.

Not an entirely unreasonable goal.

But also not present reality.

Share the road.

It works both ways.

Yes the bikes belong on the sidewalk, restricted to walking speeds for safety.

	▲	ghaff 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Which isn't unusual in Japan. You see bicycles sometimes trying to force themselves through swarms of people going at maybe 1 mile per hour.