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I can't say I agree. Most people I know commute by bike. Trains are used wherever practical, and proximity to train stations is a major consideration in choice

• xyzzyz 3y ago
  This might be true about you and people around you, but is very much false about Europeans in general. Even in the Netherlands, one of the most bike-heavy countries in Europe, two-thirds of commuters drive a car, which is almost three times as many as those who commute on a bicycle, and only 10% commutes by public transit. If you live in place like central Amsterdam, then sure, you and most of your friends and colleagues likely cycle, especially if you are young and childless. However, living in central Amsterdam is very unrepresentative lifestyle for Dutch people, and even less so for Europeans at large.
• Tade0 3y ago
  Parents drive more often than other groups, because city centres are not affordable for families, so they commonly don't live walkable distances from daycares/preschools. Also with more than one stop along the way, public transport becomes a pain. My daughter's daycare is 1300m from my apartment, so I walk pushing her stroller, but the building is swamped with cars belonging to people coming from a distance of 5km+, and that's just the first leg of their journey. With two preschoolers you either invest in a proper type of cargo bike, which costs as much as a used car, or drive all the way.