> setting has bikes and trains

> still using cars as main form of transportation

Trains and bikes are much more inconvenient. Though bikes are good for close proximity.
There are bikes that have motors, it helps reach further away locations.

Do those motors keep the rain and snow off you?

And look at all these single non-parents trying to tell everyone they should only use a bike…

There are carts you can pull behind your bike that your kids can ride in. Some of them even have up to 4 seats for kids
You haven’t seen American roads, have you? They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places

They’re not remotely safe for this shit in most places

Yes, good, and why is that? Keep that thought going.

It’s not because I’m not out there risking my life on a bike trying to commute 40 miles because some idiot on the internet thinks they know everything, that’s for sure.

Do we need better infrastructure? Yes.

Are bikes the solution to everything like some dummies in this thread think? Fuck no.

People in normal countries who have to commute 65 km take the train. Sorry the car lobby has deprived you of that.

If you were sorry, you wouldn’t have posted that chicken-shit “gotcha”. You already knew the answer.

Telling people they just need to make use of something literally unavailable to them is a dick move. It’s not a personal failing that our public transportation options are fucking garbage over here. It’s not a personal failing that the lack of public transportation options forces us to use alternatives that are less environmentally friendly than what we could in an ideal world.

Stop getting your cheap kicks by punching down at those of us stuck in these sorts of situations and go after the god damn corporate rats holding our heads under the fucking water.

So many motherfuckers are more interested in getting a small dopamine hit by playing crab bucket while the people running the stove are right fucking there.