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To address your question pragmatically, because the next best option most of the time is to be on the sidewalk, and cyclists die more often per km cycled on the sidewalk than on the road.
Really? That surprises me. Do you have a source for that?
Right of way crossings are extremely dangerous, and riding on the sidewalk creates more such crossings that are even more dangerous than the ones encountered on the road, because drivers don't have the visibility to anticipate the cyclist. Riding through right of way crossings where drivers expect pedestrians gets you killed.
Ah, that makes sense.
When I ride on sidewalks, I cross carefully. If there is any chance of a car coming, I slow down significantly to the point of getting off my bike at times.
Where I live, I have more close calls at such intersections in the bike lanes because cars like to try to make right turns in front of me. The first one can usually get in front, and I have to stop to not get hit, then the one behind thinks that they get to do the same thing.
I figure that walking my bike across an intersection isn't much different than someone pulling a grocery cart across the street.