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Across the entire country it is just under 1%, but then again no one is stupid enough to think that the entire country is all the same, there is a difference between urban and rural areas. It makes more sense to ride a bike in an urban area, and less sense to ride it in a rural area.
Currently Portland Oregon has the highest percentage of bike riders are 3.5% and that number is growing.
Therefore that 1% of the entire country, and that 3.5% of people in Portland, it is a serious mode of transportation, even if it isn't for you.
You're joking, right.
If all the bikes in the USA evaporated tonight, it wouldn't even be a tiny blip on America's transportation radar screen.
That is so non-typical. Do you mean you didn't drive to Costco or the grocery store or otherr purposes.
Actually at the time I had a grocery store between my home and work and would pick up things as I needed them, often times it was about two bags of groceries. I could either use my bike or I could bike home and then walk to the grocery store and back.
Again, it is about adjusting one's lifestyle to make biking a serious mode of transportation. It isn't for everyone, nor do I think we should force everyone to bike, but the option in cities should be there.
You have mentioned your age and I don't expect a 60yr old man who hasn't been on a bike in decades to want to pull a bike out and start commuting on it, but for you to think that no one uses a bike for commuting is just laughable.
Actually at the time I had a grocery store between my home and work and would pick up things as I needed them, often times it was about two bags of groceries. I could either use my bike or I could bike home and then walk to the grocery store and back.
Again, it is about adjusting one's lifestyle to make biking a serious mode of transportation. It isn't for everyone, nor do I think we should force everyone to bike, but the option in cities should be there.
You have mentioned your age and I don't expect a 60yr old man who hasn't been on a bike in decades to want to pull a bike out and start commuting on it, but for you to think that no one uses a bike for commuting is just laughable.
Now what did I tell you about Red Herrings? They are LIES that you try to paint your opponent with.
I never say "no one" - YOU DID.
BTW, I don't adjust my way of life to suit transportation, I adjust transportation to suit my way of life. That is what we American's do (well most of us, anyway).
Actually at the time I had a grocery store between my home and work and would pick up things as I needed them, often times it was about two bags of groceries. I could either use my bike or I could bike home and then walk to the grocery store and back.
Again, it is about adjusting one's lifestyle to make biking a serious mode of transportation. It isn't for everyone, nor do I think we should force everyone to bike, but the option in cities should be there.
You have mentioned your age and I don't expect a 60yr old man who hasn't been on a bike in decades to want to pull a bike out and start commuting on it, but for you to think that no one uses a bike for commuting is just laughable.
That is what you call aneccotal evidience. It is, BTW, meaningless because it is far outside the mainstream.
So people who use their bicycles to get to work aren't people? What other choice do those people have?
I am not criticising your lack of choices because you are working and going to school I applaude that, and wish you all success. School is NOT the real world, it is preperation FOR the real world.
As I said before, you'll recognize it when you arrive. Good luck.
No I am not. In this poor economy many people must live close to work, because they can't afford a car.
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