But none of this excuses the breathtakingly bad behaviour of a significant minority of cyclists.
The unfortunate truth, as CTC points out, is that congestion is only going to get worse and that we all – drivers and cyclists – have to meet in the middle and be considerate.
Last year, the Metropolitan police launched Operation Safeway in response to the deaths of six cyclists who were killed on the roads in London between 5 and 18 November.
Do it with cyclists, not with film-makers".
Most cross-cultural: Over 100 cyclists from Jordan, Israel and Palestine taking part in a three-day bicycle relay to carry water from the Yarmouk River and the Sea of Galilee to the Dead Sea to symbolise the need for cooperation to stop climate change and save precious water resources.
The community-led cycle organisations are a step in the right direction, but without committed action from the authorities to reorganise and clean up the urban space, the road ahead for cyclists in Nepal's capital looks to be dirty, difficult and dangerous.
I've tried to claim compensation, but cyclists don't have insurance.
At some point, though, something has happened... 'Absolutely everyone hates cyclists!' That's what the Daily Mail has announced.
'A feature about cyclists,' I say, even though she knows this already.
I want to speak to her about a campaign that she's been supporting whose aim is to stop cyclists riding through red lights and running over junior-school children.
There was also the argument that 'RLJs are just PITA to petrolheads' (red-light jumpers are merely a pain in the arse to drivers), who are, after all, responsible for 3,500 deaths a year - compared with cyclists' annual tally of none whatsoever.
