[mitthrowaway2]

In the Netherlands you can bike between suburbs and rural areas. In the US that is hard, not only because of the distances, but also because there are no safe roads for bicycles in rural areas. It's highway shoulder or nothing, basically.

[SoftTalker]

Doesn't stop anyone around here. Curvy rural two-lane highway, no shoulder, few passing zones, poor sight lines, and people are biking on it.

[jwestbury]

> Doesn't stop anyone around here.

Yes, it does. Go visit the Netherlands and you'll see the remarkable difference. Just because some people are biking on those roads doesn't mean you have anywhere near the bicycle trip share that the Netherlands does.