Bicycling in my immediate area is done mostly for recreation or by poor Mexicans. Anyone who can afford a car drives. Public transit is also a form of punishment, unfortunately.
Suburbia is a disaster this way. Everything is some distance away, and doing a set of errands requires multiple multi-mile trips. I've done this on public transit and it's more of an epic journey than errands.
The people who commute via bicycle are either as above very poor, or had their licenses pulled, or are unusually committed to an ideal.
Motorcycles and scooters have become more visible since the fuel prices started to go up, though.
The nearest critical mass event I've seen has been on the central coast. They may have them here or in LA/SD, but I don't know.
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Date: 2006-07-02 12:28 am (UTC)Suburbia is a disaster this way. Everything is some distance away, and doing a set of errands requires multiple multi-mile trips. I've done this on public transit and it's more of an epic journey than errands.
The people who commute via bicycle are either as above very poor, or had their licenses pulled, or are unusually committed to an ideal.
Motorcycles and scooters have become more visible since the fuel prices started to go up, though.
The nearest critical mass event I've seen has been on the central coast. They may have them here or in LA/SD, but I don't know.