I have long been of the opinion that it would take a massive gas price increase to show any measurable increase in ridership, and that alone probably would not do it. Simply IMHO it needs to be more convenient to ride you bike for short trips, errands which means expensive gas, parking hard to find, secure bike parking, bike that can carry a few things, better bike lanes and other supporting infrastructure and enforcement, and mindset change that bikes are sport they are appliances
this is sad because so many trips could be done so easily by bike
I think ebikes may well help drive this
Meanwhile I am set with my SR semi pro set up for beer runs and other fun errands
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