[b9a2cab5]

Have you ever tried to bike to work regularly? There are a huge number of problems, at least in American cities that aren't NYC:

- drivers don't give a crap about cyclists

- every time it rains everything you wear gets mud all over it - no bike lanes in a lot of roads

- terrible public transit, either you sit next to people who smell like pee or the train comes every 30 mins or there are no bike racks or your bike is likely to get stolen if you leave it alone for 30 seconds

- if you need to pick something up on the way to or from work you basically need to wheel around your bike in the store because otherwise it's 100% getting stolen by some guys with an electric saw

- some American cities are very hilly, so any commute longer than 2-3 miles becomes very tiring

[arsenico]

The last point is easily addressed by e-bikes. The rest is up to Americans to challenge by voting politicians who promise to make changes in those directions.

[tasogare]

OK for American cities, but otherwise the proposition is very valid. I've been doing it for years.