What are so quickly forgotten are the class disparities around bikes. Not everyone has a job where they can arrive drenched in perspiration. Not everyone has a place to lock up a bike at work. Not everyone works at a single location for which they can plan a regular commute. Some people are on call 24/7 across wide areas. Many have to carry tools with them. And lots of people are simply too poor to live withing reasonable biking distance of work.
Personally, im in the military and on call 24/7. Unless i lived on the base, in barracks, a private vehicle is the only way i can possibly get to work in a reasonable time (the base is 10+km across, and uber isnt allowed past the guards).
"Too few women and people from ethnic minority groups cycle in London and more must be done to promote diversity among a largely white, male and middle class biking community, the city’s walking and cycling commissioner has said."
Personally, im in the military and on call 24/7. Unless i lived on the base, in barracks, a private vehicle is the only way i can possibly get to work in a reasonable time (the base is 10+km across, and uber isnt allowed past the guards).
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/cycling-lond...
"Too few women and people from ethnic minority groups cycle in London and more must be done to promote diversity among a largely white, male and middle class biking community, the city’s walking and cycling commissioner has said."