@Mara I can honestly understand why though. Here in the US most places have been made with the assumption of cars and maybe a small concession to pedestrians. Bikes here are a 'problem' to people. I bike to work often someplaces I have to go to the sidewalk (not allowed) as I have almost been hit multiple times in some intersections. People cannot see that the cars or the infrastructure are the issues, because that is what they use. It must be the bike that inconveniences them.