Blood on the streets

I still think that declaring metropolis and large cities to be special zones where both vehicle and driver need to meet elevated standards is the better way. The vehicles requiring sensors, cameras, and safety equipment well in excess of today's standards
And, just maybe, windscreens that are fit for purpose in a built up, heavily populated, urban environment - Ones that you can actually see out of.

If I really got my way I'd change liability by law within insurance. It would simply be: If you hit a cyclist or pedestrian, it's your fault... no exceptions. Then if I'm dreaming, I'd start making death contributable to the driver be manslaughter.

Stricter liability would be a start - combined with a step change approach to normalising cycling as road use, possibly through including cycle training as part of the standard driving test. Make it a road use test instead.