Originally Posted by noglider

I think you're measuring things wrong, which makes bike commuting look worse than it is.

It takes 3x the time on the clock, but you get a 48-minute workout for a 32-minute "time cost." You're actually saving time when you ride your bike, because driving plus exercising takes more time than just cycling.

It takes 3x the effort, but the result is a healthier you, so it's not an effort you want to avoid. It's something to embrace, which you're beginning to see. It's not a burden, it's a blessing.

3x the risk is probably not true, depending on your roads. In many cases, you're safer on a bike than in a car. That's hard to believe because of common perceptions, but those perceptions are very distorted. The more often we do something, the less we perceive the risk. Being in a car is terribly risky, and we have come to accept that as normal. But just because something is normal doesn't mean it's a good idea. Our minds think of what happens in the worst case when we're on a bike and we get crushed by a car, but that doesn't happen often. The risk is mitigated substantially by skillful cycling, and I assume you are far more skilled than the average cyclist.