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driven cars maybe 20K miles in 40 year lifetime; been driven maybe 40K (as kid by parents mainly), biked maybe 80K, flown easily 200K. where's the plane-free forum?

with few exceptions it's worked like this: bikes are for trips under 100 miles unless recreational, cars for 100-1000, and planes for further than that. trains and buses haven't played a big role in my mobility.

taking average speed into account, that's 87% of lifetime travel time on a bike, 12% in cars, and <1% in planes. since most of the car time was as a kid before i had a say in the matter, and my work-related jetting is mostly over, i suppose the bike share will continue to grow until, with any luck, i fall over and die on one sometime in my 90s. the press will report whether i was wearing a helmet.
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