They weren’t saying “everyone must do it thusly”. They were making the point we should have options. Right now the only option that infrastructure is actually

They weren’t saying “everyone must do it thusly”. They were making the point we should have options. Right now the only option that infrastructure is actually built for is using a car for everything, even for the single person to run an errand 3 miles away. It’s possible they can be an unintended user of the car oriented roads, but it is much riskier. it would be nice if the people going on solo trips could take bikes without worrying about their dependents becoming orphans. That way when doing something that actually requires a car highways would be less congested too! Win-win.