Take a trip to any large city with a bike sharing program (say Paris or NYC) and you'll thousands of people renting a bike for a short ride, maybe just because

Take a trip to any large city with a bike sharing program (say Paris or NYC) and you'll thousands of people renting a bike for a short ride, maybe just because they've missed the bus. As far as I know bicycle fatalities in Paris have gone down since the program was introduced even if the number of bikes on the road has increased by an order of magnitude. Also you might not buy it, but the data is out there… 30% fewer cyclists in NZ and Australia http://www.fubicy.org/spip.php?article191 http://www.fubicy.org/spip.php?article191