[seanmcdirmid]

Not if you have packages and such, you really need a cargo bike or something. Weather would also play a role. I don’t see bike share as very successful, but I guess with better security and places for the bikes to hangout it could work out better.

[shiroiushi]

Bike-share works extremely well here in Tokyo. I see people on the red Docomo bikes every time I go almost anywhere.

For cargo, people generally pay for a delivery service if it's something too cumbersome to carry. In large cities like this, people don't buy a month's worth of groceries all at once; they only buy as much as they can carry.