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I 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 f

I 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.