Heck, around here I don't see any other commuters even in the summer. People call the men in white coats and butterfly nets when they see me riding in the winter.

It's a red-letter day for me when I see even one other person on a bicycle, and then it's usually someone on a road bike with no cargo (almost certainly not a commuter). A couple of years ago at the peak of $4/gal gasoline, I actually saw TWO other commuters in one day! I just about fainted.