Originally Posted by
Rich Gibson
Granted, but our 340 million people are distributed over a country which stretches over 3000 miles so there are tens of thousands of population centers of people who may/or may not limit their travel to short distances. Construction of a national integrated transportation system would involve essentially infinite amount of funding. Basically it looks good on an theoretical level. For the record I frequently travel outside the 14 miles and rarely have to go only 2 miles.
No one claims that people should use a bike to travel completely across the country. A huge portion of American trips are well with
easy cycling distance. Further, these trips are often faster by bike than by car, making the bike more practical.
Sure, some trips are outside reasonable cycling range, but no one is advocating that cars be completely eliminated within the country.