If you think that the mobility needs of the individual do not justify the imposition of risk on others, you will presumably be in favour of banning cars?
Bread and Rosie
Hostility to sidewalk cycling is based in emotional reasoning, ignoring the reality of the risk posed to pedestrians by cyclists, pedestrians by drivers, cyclists by drivers & even cyclists by pedestrians, as well as the consequences of preventing sidewalk cycling in terms of net danger & mobility.