Globalization absolutely depends on cheap motorized transportation. If the costs of transport offset the advantages of cheap labor, then there is an incentive to build products closer to their end use. This naturally leads to a push by various capital interests to build the transportation infrastructure in such a way as to favor motorized means. Obviously, in the absence of non-commercial push-back, this will lead to cars being the default means of personal transportation and to bikes being relegated to second-class.
I'm old. That's as far as I can stretch near that topic. Good luck.