I think the worst part of attempting to transition away from driving to biking has been the fact that I can't really trust having my bike parked somewhere. If

I think the worst part of attempting to transition away from driving to biking has been the fact that I can't really trust having my bike parked somewhere. If I drive a car somewhere, park it in a parking space and lock the doors, I have very high confidence that my car will be there when I get back. Probably won't get vandalised or damaged either. I could even leave something in the car and it probably won't be smashed and grabbed as long as it's not in plain sight. If I ride my bike somewhere, lock the frame to a bike stand with a sturdy U-lock and leave it there for an extended period of time, I don't feel confident that it will be there, or that it won't be somehow fiddled with. Even if they don't get the whole bike, they might run off with the tyres, or the battery if they manage to dislodge that. I could easily ride my bike to the nearest commuter train station, park it there and continue my way downtown. Would be a lot faster than taking the bus there. However, if I'm gone for a couple of hours, I don't feel safe parking the bike at the station. I wouldn't feel this way with a car. Same comes to parking at home. I feel absolutely nothing about parking my car outside my apartment, but I'm not confident in having the bike parked outside for more than 10 minutes. And I feel like this way even though I've never had my bike stolen and I don't live anywhere particularly dodgy. Just having people around me having had their bikes stolen make me feel this way.