Tandempower
What you wrote" It doesn't matter how people feel. They all have the right to live in areas where the choice/freedom to switch transportation modes is available to them."

Just isn't so-there is no such right!
Apparently it is your belief-and you would like to convince us to "share" that belief
But there is no such "right" to a choice in transportation??
Saying it is a right implies it is some legal right-or widely accepted moral right.

It is why I suggest your crusade is like a religion-strong belief you are right-and you have a right
And your belief-general beliefs-"po folks are moral-rich folks can't go to heaven" are New Testament

In any case-You need to "sell bikes"-
1) FUN FUN FUN
2)Make us attractive
Play up the positives-they have the virtue of being true-

And you wrote "It sounds so funny when people talk about individuals like they are puppeteers with power beyond their direct sphere of influence. Not even Jesus controlled others beyond their free will to choose their own actions and thus effect the consequences of those actions."
Effective leaders
1)Jesus
2)Alex Great
3)Various Khans
4)Napoleon
5)Hitler
6)Mao
7)Ho Chi
Safe to say they had influence waaaaaaaay beyond their immediate circle-
And all the political TV ads-actually work.
Our elections aren't decided by "ideas" they are decided by clever marketing-smartest media people-has been for a long time
Yes we are manipulated like puppets-anyone who ever smoked cigarettes can tell you that-hell they made you cough-burned and no pleasant buzz initially
But the advertising was soooooo good-we were manipulated into coughing down addictive nasty smoke.
Took months to get addicted-but we did it.
So yeah-forget that free will-

You are selling your preferences- which contain a large dose of asceticism
We USA-E-INS are a quirky bunch- but that is a tough sell.
Co-habitating in 100 sq ft houses grinding our way to our $12/hr jobs -snow rain extreme heat
while our betters take taxis-limos
We are quirky- shakers bought it-so.... there is a market for your "stuff"..
But you need to turn up the bling/offer us something.