The thing that stuck with me in the wtyp pod on vehicular cycling was how the city of Davis, CA built an actually good biking infrastructure, and rideshare rates for bikes there was comparable to the Netherlands after that. People like bikes and will use them, but you need to build the proper infrastructure first. Americans (and presumably Aussies) will say "people like cars not bikes" but of course people don't ride bikes without good infrastructure. Riding around a US city feels like a death wish, I don't blame Americans for not biking as things are now.
i live in a small US city that, relative to the US, is super bike friendly. that means there's an unprotected, skinny bike lane for about 30% of my commute and only one absolutely batshit, terrifying death trap on the route.
The thing that stuck with me in the wtyp pod on vehicular cycling was how the city of Davis, CA built an actually good biking infrastructure, and rideshare rates for bikes there was comparable to the Netherlands after that. People like bikes and will use them, but you need to build the proper infrastructure first. Americans (and presumably Aussies) will say "people like cars not bikes" but of course people don't ride bikes without good infrastructure. Riding around a US city feels like a death wish, I don't blame Americans for not biking as things are now.
i live in a small US city that, relative to the US, is super bike friendly. that means there's an unprotected, skinny bike lane for about 30% of my commute and only one absolutely batshit, terrifying death trap on the route.