Originally Posted by
enigmaT120
VC is the only way for me to get around in my rural county on a bike. We have one separated bike path going from Monmouth to Salem. I don't use it because I'm already on a bus by that point; my riding is beyond Monmouth. The VC movement may be dead according to these articles, but like the one I linked to pointed out, you still have to do it in lots of places if you want to ride a bike at all.
This, and it echoes my rural/urban commute. However I have ridden in cities with dedicated cycling infrastructure and appreciated it. One of the points of the article is that VC set back efforts for dedicated cycling infrastructure, however, so it could very well be that one of the reasons we both still have to CV even in rural areas is because of that set back. Complete Streets legislation could very well have mitigated this...