Originally Posted by
Still Pedaling
Its pretty much impossible to reach a perfect system. There will always be flaws that's for sure. Where I live, roadways are very well designed and laid out for the automobile, and as far as public transportation goes, we have it, but its as useless as a submarine with a screen door. Reason being is that most people love their cars, and with a well planned roadway system, why take a bus, or for that matter, ride a bike.
We have a lot of bike baths on our roadways, but we lack the infrastructure that the Dutch have implemented. Very few people where I live commute by bicycle, so it would be a huge argument to persuade government officials to develop something that would even come close to what other countries like the Netherlands have. Who knows what might come about in years to come. I'm quite certain, though, that in my lifetime I will never see such a system here where I live, but, like I said - who knows.
Increased spending in public transportation grows with the increased demand for a green economy. I must say that Germany is progressing really quickly in this respect. You can get around with long distance coaches and by super fast trains (300kmh). Here it makes sense to buy a bike like that. In the USA I wouldn't buy it though.