This kind of hyper-aggressive response is exactly what turns regular people off cycling. I am a bike commuter. I biked to work for years. I fill up my gas tank

This kind of hyper-aggressive response is exactly what turns regular people off cycling. I am a bike commuter. I biked to work for years. I fill up my gas tank about three times a year. I'm on your side but you are so gung-ho about bikes that if I'm not as zealous as you, you think I don't even understand how "backwards" my argument is. I never ever said there should be more cars. I said that if you want to get people out of their cars you need to understand why they are in them in the first place and speed is only a fraction of that answer.