I feel the same way. I think the worst part about it is that despite every character repeatedly stating out loud the moral of the story, by the end I was totally unconvinced because the characters had done so little else. Halfway through I found myself hoping that it would end soon, but I knew based on the title alone that it would still be much longer because we hadn't even met the horse yet. The one positive was the art direction: now that I know it is based on a children's book I can definitely see that they did a good job matching that feel.

The Ice Merchants would be my top pick as well, I think it told a very intriguing story without saying even a single word. The art was beautiful, and the action felt cinematic. I loved that the ending was basically told through the colors of a pile of hats, truly a creative but touching end to that short story.

The bridge itself has a small path to walk on but not a very high wall over the river making it feel unsafe on a bike. The path is also not particularly wide, especially compared to the car lanes. At the end of the bridge you can get down to the waterfront area but you still need to cross quite a few blocks of parking lots and roads before actually getting to the GAP.

I'm not saying it's impossible, just very uncomfortable to do on a bike. In general, people will get to places in ways that are comfortable and feel safe to them, and the current layout of the bridge does not really encourage doing that without a car. If we want to be serious about getting people to go places without cars, it needs to be comfortable and easy to do so for more people

Seconded, the bridge to the waterfront flies directly above the GAP but it's not actually feasible* to get there with a bike from Sq Hill

*Edit: feasible in this context means comfortable and safe, not just technically possible