If you are a bicyclist, please try to keep the walkers happy. With your help safety problems on the Bridge will no longer be the number one complaint from pedestrians. Also for bicyclists, even though it is perfectly legal for you to be on the roadway across the Bridge, we can only recommend this going north, i.e. downhill, where you have a reasonable chance of keeping up with traffic. Even if you placed well in the Iron Horse Bicycle Classic you are still much slower than a car going uphill on the Bridge, and this really irritates drivers. Now it's time for cars to enter the picture.
Cars can likewise scare bicyclists by passing too closely.
It is really better for car drivers to switch lanes if possible, because a car passing at 5 feet can cause plenty of anxiety. This works the other way too. A bicyclist usually cannot pass cars waiting for a light without coming closer than 5 feet of them, so it is best to wait your turn in the middle of the lane. Cars are much faster than a bicycle, so a few extra seconds to be patient with a bicyclist, takes almost no time out of your day. And drivers need to remember that every walker or cyclist makes it easier for them to find a parking space.