Bicycle lanes
Its a waste of time focusing so much dislike on bicyclists using pavements if there are no bike lanes for them. 90% of the time in Japan there is either no bike lane at all, or one so thin that only catwalk models can use it safely. So they (including me) have to use the pavement most of the time, for their own safety. They should do so slowly and carefully, of course - but the main thing we need to do is reduce the amount of focus/room given to cars, make more bike lanes, and wider walking pavements too. A basic structural change is needed. We should focus our annoyance and efforts on that!
Its a waste of time focusing so much dislike on bicyclists using pavements if there are no bike lanes for them. 90% of the time in Japan there is either no bike lane at all, or one so thin that only catwalk models can use it safely. So they (including me) have to use the pavement most of the time, for their own safety. They should do so slowly and carefully, of course - but the main thing we need to do is reduce the amount of focus/room given to cars, make more bike lanes, and wider walking pavements too. A basic structural change is needed. We should focus our annoyance and efforts on that!