For a long time, at least, it appears that it will retain its natural beauty. The following appeared as part of an editorial in the August 17 San Francisco Chronicle . It was written by Jon Carroll about the Critical Mass rides in the city. Rarely does a bicycle jackknife on the connector ramp from the San Mateo Bridge eastbound to 880, creating a 10-mile backup. Hardly ever do you sit fuming on a city street because a bicycle has double-parked in order to offload 152 cases of Snapple.
Bicycles running red lights kill essentially zero pedestrians.
When bicycles stall on the Bay Bridge, the metering lights do not go on. You do not come home to a cold dinner because of all the cyclists heading out to the 'Stick for a crucial Giants game. No, those problems are caused by vehicles which are powered by something other than human muscles. Because they use artificial propulsion systems, they can be larger and faster than human-powered vehicles. We own a lot of them.