Originally Posted by
mnemia
I do not believe a lack of bike lanes is the real reason so few Americans bicycle for transportation.
I also use vehicular cycling everyday. I have to if I want to get anywhere. The site in question though is a hard core vehicular site that is against all types of bike infrastructure. That is a recipe for failure and brings us back to the 1% issue.
The reason folks don't commute by bike in the USA is the infrastructure sucks in most places for bike users. It was designed for moving motor vehicles at high speed with little regard for bike users. The only way we are ever going to get a good percentage of people commuting on bikes is to create an infrastructure where people feel comfortable using a bike. That means separated and protected bike infrastructure with intelligent intersections. The better in infrastructure the more folks use bikes. It's not rocket science.