Originally Posted by FOG

When the roads are a public good, that implies that my use of the resource has little or no adverse impact on your use, then this formulation might be right, but as a resource becomes scarce we will have an allocation method, whether implicit, such as queues, or explicit, such as congestion pricing. Banning bicycles could be a good, non-fascist, policy decision, especially if we don't act to keep bicycling safe and friendly toward other highway users.