Originally Posted by
FBinNY
It's not exactly the chicken & egg scenario. The reality is that suburban sprawl makes trip distances longer than the vast majority of residents are or would be willing (and able) to ride. Also car ownership is near 100% and cars are convenient because there's plenty of free parking.
To some extent this is true. However, having a car doesn't preclude one from using a bike for most trips. Trips less than 3k are easily done on bike. Where I live, which is the suburbs, most, if not all, amenities, are within a 3 km radius. And to be fair, the city has put up some bike lanes, and they do get used in the warm months. But we have an actual winter with snow, so during the snow season, all that snow ends up in the bike lane. But I do agree that most residents don't consider biking to these amenities as a viable option when there's a perfectly good car sitting in the driveway.
