Originally Posted by
cooker
Excellent post. It does illustrate that car-free or car-light living is more practical in areas that also have public transit; but it also illustrates how much you can accomplish simply by combining cycling with other modes of travel, and by combining several goals or errands (brunch, shopping, exercise, fun) into one trip.
One thing I found, converting trips to cycling, was that it opened up more areas to me. There were some places I loved, but transit was inconvenient and parking was annoying. That would make it more difficult to combine trips. Parking is generally super easy on my bike and I can make multiple stops in multiple neighborhoods easily.*
*it helps I live in a denser urban area that does have transit, and transit allows bikes on board!