Sure, more communities could get e-bikes before they get subways. But this isn't an appropriate metric because it puts a tiny village on the same footing as a d

Sure, more communities could get e-bikes before they get subways. But this isn't an appropriate metric because it puts a tiny village on the same footing as a dense city. To really get somewhere, we have to look a little deeper and ask "where do the majority of people live?" The populations of large metropolitan areas in the United States: NYC: 20.2 million LA: 13.1 million Chicago: 9.5 million SF: 4.6 million Seattle: 3.7 million Denver: 2.8 million According to the last census, 62.7% of Americans live in cities: https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-33.html https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-33....