Even in New York City where bicycling has become a bit more mainstream, it's still a marginalized activity. Granted, we have excellent public transportation coverage and many parts are dense enough that you don't need anything other than your feet, but bicycling just makes so much sense to advocate as yet another option for transportation. Those who can afford the convenience of taxis and ridesharing don't think a second about the benefits of cycling.

There is also a large group of NIMBYs who actively want bicycling infrastructure and the bike sharing system (Citibike) destroyed. They will never admit it and disguise their tactics in the name of other things like safety, but ultimately, they're motivated by loss of automobile infrastructure, especially parking spaces on streets that are especially precious around the outer boroughs (Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx)

https://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/09/nyregion/09bike.html

A pro-cycling blog sums up anti-bike sharing articles
https://gothamist.com/2018/05/25/cit..._flashback.php

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