In a City where we take global warming seriously, the distances are compact enough to make bike riding practical, and Muni service is unreliable, more people should use the bicycle as their primary form of transportation. Not to mention that biking is fun and keeps you in shape. During the three weeks that I didn’t bike to work every day, I put on weight and was feeling tired all the time. And while waiting for a Bus can be disempowering (you have no control when it will come, how often it stops or when you will get to your destination), biking to work gives you the same freedom and control that driving a car does. Except you’re not killing the planet.
In the meantime, get into the habit. Take your bike to work today, and tomorrow. And make biking to work a fact of life that the City has to respond to. With more people biking to work every day, you won’t just improve your own life – but make the City far more sustainable and efficient.
And if you don’t believe me, go to Amsterdam and see what a true “bike-to-work” city is like.