I'm a big fan of EW's writing. I love this part:

Nevertheless, the car still remains at the top of the food chain, and the upshot result of all this is a dysfunctional system whereby entitled motorists hog the road and the rest of us fight over the scraps—sometimes with each other.

I do, for the most part, agree with his tenet, that the pedestrian is always right. I don't cycle in a crowded metro center often, but when I do adopt a different mindset, which is basically slow the heck down. The bike path running along Toronto's Lakeshore is super busy with cyclists and pedestrians.use it as a sidewalk. Many cyclists will opt for riding on the road instead of trying to navigate around the pedestrians.