Did not downvote - but your arguments about geographic size ring really hollow given the NHTS stats I shared originally which show that 60% of car trips are 5 m

Did not downvote - but your arguments about geographic size ring really hollow given the NHTS stats I shared originally which show that 60% of car trips are 5 miles or less. Then you’ll add that you can’t cycle in the winter in New York because Western European has more moderate weather. But I’ll point out that many of the Western Europe capitals have a colder winter than NYC. But then if you accept that, you’ll move on to claims about how you can’t go shopping for a 4 person family using a bike. Then I’ll share stats that the average US family size is 2.58, and that all kinds of stores offer home delivery. The point is that people come up with a litany of rationalizations for the status quo, but it ends up sounding like apology for car culture when even heavy drivers would complain about all the negatives (congestion, parking, pollution, shitty drivers) in other forums. I’m guessing some of that is behind the downvotes.