Pandemic-induced growth in bike use for commuting is mostly at the expense of public transit ridership. People aren't trading their cars for bikes, they're trad

Pandemic-induced growth in bike use for commuting is mostly at the expense of public transit ridership. People aren't trading their cars for bikes, they're trading the risk of dying from a transit-related COVID-19 superspreader event for the risk of dying in a vehicle vs. bike crash. A mode shift towards bikes won't happen in most of the US because most of the US doesn't have viable public transit, and therefore, there's no need for Americans to switch transport modes. I believe bike use has increased in relation to public transit ridership in greater New York, but this is absolutely the exception to the rule as NYC was (prior to COVID-19) a transit-dependent city.