There is nothing honourable (nice try) about the notion of bicycle licensing.  The general experience with licensing is just a lot of bother for no obvious benefit.  Comparing auto licensing (and driver licensing) with that for bikes demonstrates how ridiculous a notion this is.  How many people are killed by cyclists?  Cyclists tend to be the ones killed, so what problem is licensing solving?  How much property damage do cyclists cause?  That is a major reason for licencing cars, drivers and requiring insurance - how would that make sense for cyclists and again, what problem are you trying to solve?  I too have been cycling, and driving, for near on 40 years, mostly without bike lanes and never on sidewalks.  Change the rules for cyclists to make some sense (rolling stops at stop signs) and then enforce all other regular rules of the road.  That is all that needs to be done.