Originally Posted by
rwmct
A sidewalk seems far safer to me than a road with two lanes in each direction, lots of businesses and side roads, no shoulder and people doing at least 45 between lights. I have seen cars barely clearing a bike as the operator tries to time drifting partway into the left lane to clear the bike without getting hit by the cars in the left lane. It sure seems safer to me to be on the sidewalk.
Learn when and how to take the lane.