Originally Posted by Smaug1

My daughter is currently in Norway and spent a few days in Copenhagen last week. Even SHE was impressed with the bike culture there. She tells me these days that she's not into biking, even on an eBike. She's just too cool for it. But she said in Copenhagen, they have separate bike paths, pedestrian sidewalks and streets, and they never mix. That's impressive enough, but she also said bike theft is not a thing there. (as it is in the Netherlands)

It makes me SO mad. The amount of money we invest in continually re-paving roads here and accommodating yet more and more cars, almost completely neglecting public transit and the relatively cheap bike infrastructure. There are exceptions, like NYC and a couple cities in Coloardo, but then norm is that bikes aren't welcome.

NYC is on my list of places to visit, but I admit I'm a bit intimidated. Chicago is a huge pain in the butt to visit, so NYC must be next level pain for an outsider.