>True, but a lot of those marginal benefits (over say electric bikes) exist because our society ended up being designed around everyone having a car. I could s

>True, but a lot of those marginal benefits (over say electric bikes) exist because our society ended up being designed around everyone having a car. I could say the most important benefit is fundamental: none of your propositions change the fact that a bike will not shelter its rider from the weather, which around here, by some standards, is at best lousy for approximately half of the year (cold, damp or both to various degree). When I look at homes, or offices, I see a pattern. Do you not?