re: Per request: cycling deaths are on the rise in the US

It's amazing to me how people cannot understand that two things can be true at once.
"We should structure for more bicycles in cities!"
Ok, maybe so. No doubt.
"And also bicycles are BETTER than cars in every way, and there is no use case generally for vehicles in a country thousands of miles across a continent where people often live 30+ minutes away from grocery stores, and we have everything we need between bicycles and public transit trains, and if you don't agree entirely in every way with me you hate the polar bears!"
Lol no vehicles are necessary, too. How about Baton Rouge and Los Angeles add legitimate bike lanes and people be more careful about cyclists while cyclists be a little less elitist for starters? Can we start there?