You are deflecting from the original point, while saying nothing.
It simply doesn't work for a lot of people and never will and you were trying to pretend these are niche things when they are not.
People generally don't like public transport. You have to be in a confined space with strangers, that in any other circumstance you would probably never see.
I ended up cycling through wet, snow, extreme cold because I got fed up of dealing with buses and trains after a week. When I had to travel by train it was because cycling wasn't feasible and I had no other choice. It was miserable. Everyday there seemed to be delays and that is 2 hours a day for a year I will never get back.
Saying use what you think is best basically equates to "I am going to drive" for the vast majority.
> Stop creating sock puppet accounts to push your agenda, please.
I don't keep logins for this site. I don't really care about have a consistent presence here. I don't have any sock puppet accounts.
If I was pushing an agenda would that be then? That I don't agree with you?
I am a long time cyclist that doesn't like transport activists because I've had to personally deal with them and I don't trust them. In many cases their livelihood is tied to their activism and I've heard your statements 100 times before. You are just parroting stuff that I've heard before.
I am trying to talk to you as someone that realised that most of it is crap.
I recently visited my parents. They live in a "Large Conurbation", which means (for all intents and purposes) it isn't official a city but is large enough to be one. Over the last year I've seen new bike lanes installed at what would be significant cost.
All they've done is made driving more difficult, the number of cyclists hasn't increased. I didn't see a single cyclist on these new lanes. I visit my parents once every 2 months and the winters are quite mild by UK standards. So it isn't a seasonal thing where people aren't using the lanes because it is cold. They just aren't using them.
So I've seen first hand that what you are suggesting doesn't actually work. This is in possibly one of the best areas to do this in the UK outside of Major cities and it doesn't work.
In many cases public transportation works.
In many cases it doesn't.
Do whatever works best for your personal situation but always demand options because you never know when you'll need them.