Originally Posted by
A350driver
It would be great if every city was like Amsterdam, with dedicated bike lanes and bike parking everywhere but that’s never going to happen in America, we’re too addicted to our SUVs and most Americans think anyone on a bicycle should be riding on the sidewalk. Maybe if our gas prices get up to over $6/gallon and stay there for the next 10 years attitudes towards bicycles in cities will change but until that happens, look out for the idiots!
Decisions were made 70-80 years ago that put us on this path, and they will be hard to undo. I live in a suburb which was designed for convenient walking. All the housing is within 1/2 mile of the train station that would take residents to jobs in the city. There are parks and a shopping center, and once upon a time a supermarket all within an easy walk. The development started before WWII. Those built later spread the houses out more, put them farther from transit and shopping, and essentially built them around the car. For the last 60 years, suburbs have been almost exclusively designed around cars.