I'm not certain how many (if any) members ride a bike. For those that do, the following link may be something you'd like to pursue further. It would only work for night time (obviously), still, it could be invaluable.
One of the issues (apart from better attitudes of drivers toward cyclist) is bicyclist training.
I've seen too many cyclists wearing dark clothing after dark, with no front or rear lights, few if any reflectors, and not using proper cycling hand signals. I've even seen the occasional cyclist riding against traffic.
Cyclists are held to the same traffic laws as cars are - they can't run red lights, ride on sidewalks, and so on.
I can only speak for myself of course, but I find that 'things' vary from locale to locale regarding bicycling. Riding in New York City is not the same as riding in Hamilton, Montana. In Manhattan I'd ride as though I were a car. I've seen too many bicyclists get 'dinged' by people opening their drivers door without thinking there might be anyone else out there besides themselves. There are bike lanes painted on most streets there, however they are almost always used by trucks to park on for deliveries, so I just rode in the stream of traffic, as do most cyclists. The most thrilling parts were sailing through Times Square going Downtown from Uptown. The West Side highway has bike lanes almost to the George Wahington Bridge which are free of cars. Here in the tiny town I live in in Montana though, things are very different. The car drivers and the pedestrains and the bicyclists are totally different, and I've adapted accordingly. I never used hand signals before but I do now. Most of the streets here don't even have sidewalks or curbs, so the driving of a bicycle is different. I have yet to have a driver here honk their horn at me as we are sharing the road. They're more accepting of bicyclists here and the bicyclists are also not the same crazed zealots that I've known riding two wheels in New York. On good weather days here in Montana, I'll bike to work. In the Summer, there is daylight seemingly till close to Midnight and that makes for enjoyable biking as well. I've been biking since the late 1970's and I think the hills of San Francisco gave me the legs I've got today. (I now wear a helmet since my unfortuante accident last March. I know, I know - I should have been wearing it all the time...)
I learned from this documentary that in the city of Copenhagen, with all their bike lanes, there are more bicycle commuters than there are in the ENTIRE United States.
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