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That depends on the city, and where in it you live. If you live in a large suburban area (like many Americans), then biking distance is a huge problem. Sure,
by thomastjeffery 4y ago
That depends on the city, and where in it you live.
If you live in a large suburban area (like many Americans), then biking distance is a huge problem.
Sure, making an actually tractable amount of public transit in every suburb would resolve that problem, but that's a huge investment, and the overwhelming majority of Americans can't even imagine what the result might look like.
- brewdad 4y agoI would argue biking distance isn't the problem in suburbia, it's biking safety. My rather spread out suburb is about 8 miles across. That's less than an hour for any cyclist and a fit cyclist could do it in half that time. The trouble is that most of those miles are on 45 mph stroads with either no bike lane or a thin stripe of paint for protection from cars and it's full of debris most of the year.
- thomastjeffery 4y ago> That's less than an hour for any cyclist and a fit cyclist could do it in half that time. And how long for a car? 5min? 15min? If you have a car, then you will likely use it for some percentage of trips. That's a pretty serious motivation to not become "a fit cyclist". All of these problems work together. This also works in the inverse: a good solution would do something to resolve all of these problems.