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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm all in favor of public transportation and biking for those who are able; but you have to acknowledge that the vast majority of people cannot and will not use a bike as their primary mode of transportation for day to day activities. It just doesn't work.[/quote]

What exactly is stopping the “vast majority of people”? Could it perhaps be the perceived lack of safety due to the lack of protected bike lanes?[/quote]

Why I don't bike besides safety:

(1) Don't want to get to work and be sweaty or ruin my clothes.
(2) Drive my kids to school  (they are too big to put in one of those Amsterdam style bikes) - we live too far away to walk and bus service doesn't come often enough in the AM.  (They do take the bus home.)
(3) My street is too steep on the way back. I'd have to walk the bike up hills which would take too long. (I work full time.)
(4) I only have time to grocery shop once a week, so it's too much to fit in a bike.
(5) For short trips on mostly flat surfaces, I'd consider it, but worried about the bike getting stolen.[/quote]

You're allowed to make those choices, but there are ways people work around all those challenges.

For example, during colder months it's easy to not get sweaty.  During the summer there are sometimes gyms that let you use shower only for a low cost.  With more people biking there will be more demand for places to shower when needed.
With more kids biking they can bike themselves.

#3 is weird - most bikes have a low gear that you can use to go up a hill without being Arnold Schwarzenegger
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