All good points. Two comments, applicable only to the USA (sic), which confound me when I read about surveys like this. (Again, my comments are applicable only to the USA):
1. Re biking. In Portland (Oregon), which has done so much to provide supportive infrastructure for biking, use of bikes has GONE DOWN. G**gle Portland Bureau of Transportation, "Portland Bicycle Counts 2022." And before you say "This is a temporary thing, due to the pandemic," note that the trend started before Covid.
2. Re small cars. I have owned two Smarts (technically, smarts). I love them. Deeply flawed in many ways (I could go on...) but a true Tiny Urban Runabout. And yet Daimler (now Mercedes) could hardly give them away in the USA. Why?
My point is not to lobby for more cars, good Lord no. I hope (American) society moves towards micromobility and other mobility solutions. But as AG points out, the gap between INTENTION and ACTION is very broad here, and I do not know how to bridge it. I think I have seen surveys like this for four decades now, and in the USA (yes, it is different in Europe!) they seem to always, always fall short.
All good points. Two comments, applicable only to the USA (sic), which confound me when I read about surveys like this. (Again, my comments are applicable only to the USA):
1. Re biking. In Portland (Oregon), which has done so much to provide supportive infrastructure for biking, use of bikes has GONE DOWN. G**gle Portland Bureau of Transportation, "Portland Bicycle Counts 2022." And before you say "This is a temporary thing, due to the pandemic," note that the trend started before Covid.
2. Re small cars. I have owned two Smarts (technically, smarts). I love them. Deeply flawed in many ways (I could go on...) but a true Tiny Urban Runabout. And yet Daimler (now Mercedes) could hardly give them away in the USA. Why?
My point is not to lobby for more cars, good Lord no. I hope (American) society moves towards micromobility and other mobility solutions. But as AG points out, the gap between INTENTION and ACTION is very broad here, and I do not know how to bridge it. I think I have seen surveys like this for four decades now, and in the USA (yes, it is different in Europe!) they seem to always, always fall short.