You don’t have to live in an ultra-urban area, but 80% of Americans live in an urban area already. [0] When we have discussions like this, the “normal case” is

You don’t have to live in an ultra-urban area, but 80% of Americans live in an urban area already. [0] When we have discussions like this, the “normal case” is actually that people live in cities, so that’s obviously what the conversations gravitate around. I grew up in a small town (4k pop), and there’s no reason bikes shouldn’t be extremely effective in town. It’s tiny! There’s no true need to drive a large, inefficient vehicle .5mi to the rite aid or McDonald’s. Nearly everyone in this tiny town is within quick walking distance of what used to be a passenger train station. It could become a passenger train station again with the right investment. People living in truly rural areas is an edge case where cars obviously make sense. Even then, the majority of car trips are local. 60% of trips are fewer than 6mi. 0: https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/geo-areas/urban-rural/ua-facts.html https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/geography/guidance/g... 1: https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1042-august-13-2018-2017-nearly-60-all-vehicle-trips-were-less-six-miles https://www.energy.gov/eere/vehicles/articles/fotw-1042-augu...