Just for some perspective on what a "Bicycle Utopia" looks like. No this is not Amsterdam or China. I dug up this old pic i took at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival bike parking ONE OF THREE bike parking lots all filled to the limit. A far cry from a couple dozen roadies meeting up a few times a month to ride lonely country roads. I certainly did not move to SC for improved bike culture. Many of these bikes are either rentals or bikes locals only ride to festivals because traffic and parking is a huge rat f*** and $$$. The bike shop where I worked for a decade rented 300 bikes both Jazz Fest weekends to mostly people from all over the country who never ride a bike except to Jazz Fest in NOLA. The rest of the bikes are locals who are car free or car light. It's flat as a pancake. ANYONE can ride a bike wherever they please. That is Utopia
