And to be clear 'bike lane' != road shoulder with a bike painted on it. A bike lane should have at least some amount of separation from the road in the same way that sidewalks are separated.
I'm hopeful that the popularity of scooters speeds up the adoption of medium speed lanes.
Also 15 mph is a sub 4:20 mile, and for most people will be pretty close to a flat out sprint. Not super adviseable on sidewalks either. Most joggers will be going half that speed.
walking, 3mph
running at an 9 min mile 6.5mph
Here's an FAQ from Cornell on this: http://www.bike.cornell.edu/pdfs/Sidewalk_biking_FAQ.pdf
In every scenario listed, a minority of motorist / cyclist accidents at intersections involved a cyclist on the sidewalk. Meaning that the majority of such accidents occurred where the cyclist was not on the sidewalk.
We actually don’t have enough info from that to say which is safer. If 99% of cyclists ride in the sidewalk, but the 1% who don’t make up more than half the accidents, I’d say riding on the sidewalk is far safer.
I’m not necessarily disagreeing with your conclusion. I just don’t like the use of faux data to show a conclusion that feels right.
98% of kids with autism were vaccinated in the prior three years!
Where else would they drive them? On the road? They would just contribute to the thousands of cyclists that die or are seriously injured every year.
If you are suggesting that every electric vehicle be banned because sidewalks are for pedestrians only then I disagree. Streets are for cars only, don't let these fake bike lanes fool you.