Until all car drivers, cyclists and pedestrians obey the rules of the road there will always be conflict. It works in Copenhagen because people respect the highway code.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtX8qiC_rXE
We're gonna cycle on your pavements, on your pavements, on your pavements. And then through your red lights cause we know you don't like it, don't like it, don't like it.
I was brought up on the Knoll Estate, Egmont rd from about 1961 until 1974 when I moved to Germany. But I didn't go to the Knoll school, I did though play for the Ks that was run by Derrick Trip and Dave Golds I think!