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Answer is always the same. Infrastructure. I had stopped riding my bike when I went to college as everything was walkable and when I got work it was far enough away I had to get a car. Later in life I had a situation where I could bike and a bike culture was growing in my city and I started to do it. Once I had I wondered why I had not started sooner. I eventually reailized the bike lanes I used had only just been put into place a few years before I started biking and like my wife would not bike without a protected bike lane with physical barriers. The more infrastructure lends itself to walking and cycling the more walking and cycling will take place.
In the cities, sure. Outside the cities i think e-biks help a lot. 5 kilometers is fine on regular bike, maybe even 10 - but more that that is a lot easier on e-bike.
And i saw some research and how most trips are actually really short (where i live at least).
Also people have become way too unhealthy so just getting started, with all the sweating and exhaustion and wind is a barrier. Self-imposed, but still a barrier.
I agree somewhat. I feel your distances are a bit short. I had a 3 mile commute which is just a bit shy 5 kilometers and I actually would do a 4 mile detour because otherwise it was just to short. It was a nice walk though. So your high end to me is just about where it gets nice and for anyone not in poor shape I would say it could go double so 10-20 kilometers. It could be im in some super great shape but I really doubt that. The basic idea I get though as I know I had this real long one that was like 25 kilometers. I did it for bike to work week but going both ways and man I was on the couch with my legs hurting. It was a great commute if I went in the morning when it was cooler and the commute was mostly flat but in that direction it was a bit more downhill overall and then where Im at I could bring my bike on a train to get back. So for me it would be about 20 kilometers for the e-bike. I actually have sorta wanted to get one because im getting old.
Yeah, I'd need to start with an e-bike before eventually normal bike.
Looking at the few close-by errands I do in a car, the drive is 3-15 minutes and Google Maps says would be 6-40 minutes on a bike. Maybe slightly faster on an e-bike?
How far is in miles or kilometers? It sounds very doable if infrastructure is not forcing you a long way around :)
In my dense Europen city, even regular bike is faster than cars if we are talking in the city.