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@Jarix @Shellofbiomatter The overwhelming majority of trips aren't aimless wandering in search of freedom, they're utilitarian trips to the grocery store, library, a friend's house, your kids' school, etc. The percentage of people in sprawly countries who truly live too far away from daily necessities to get there by bicycle if the roads were designed for safety and comfort is far too small to justify adopting standards that force even cities to make their streets bike-unfriendly.
Just responding to why cars are seen as the vehicle of freedom.
In all things people rarely, if ever, maximize what they COULD do.
And we can disagree with those people who view it that way if we want to frame it, but I can't visit my friends in the city by riding a bike. When I do hang with friends I've often gone out of my way to give people rides because it's much better for them to use my offer of a lift home than it is to use public transit or their own mobility.
My main point though is distance is the determining factor in this equation.