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You should be demanding dedicated and separated bike infrastructure
Chicken and egg problem for sure. I've been trying to convince my community/towns to try to build dedicated safe bike infrastructure for neighborhoods to schools at least. With the hope this can expand from there (plus more people just used to riding bikes!).
And secure bike parking!
That would be great! But I doubt anyone wants to put the $$$ into building a 30-mile bike lane on a rural highway out to my camp in the swamp. And that's about the only place I go that really uses gasoline.
We don't all live in cities, and some like me, find the idea appalling. (Been there, done that my whole life.) I'm quite happy on the very edge of town, where's there are plenty of rivers, woods, creeks, trails and swamps to explore. But I just can't safely bike to those places.
There's a lot of FuckCars people who ask for too much. We don't need to go completely car-less, and that's an unattainable goal for a lot of reasons.
Most US cities have <5% of people using bikes as their main commute method, and around 20-30% doing work from home. What can we do to get to 20% of commuters on a bike while maintaining WFH numbers? That alone would be transformative. Tons of cars off the road, and enough bike usage to demand city councils dedicate more to bike infrastructure.
Obligatory "your 1% edge case doesn't invalidate the point" comment.
Many many many many people could bike if there was infrastructure.
Again - it's not a once size fits all solution. But you should still advocate for better bike infrastructure where applicable.