It's more than the infrastructure, especially when it comes to schools. North America has a culture of selecting a child's schools from amongst many in a wide area. Not everyone sends their kids to a school a mile down the road, nor do all of their kids attend the same school at once.
The getting hit is a problem. I don't know of any long-term riders in my city who haven't had violent confrontations with cars. There is even a movement towards fitbits not for fitness but to use as evidence after the inevitable accident, evidence of how long it takes to recover.
> It's more than the infrastructure, especially when it comes to schools. North America has a culture of selecting a child's schools from amongst many in a wide area. Not everyone sends their kids to a school a mile down the road,
Most people send their kids to public schools that are at least somewhat close by. A lot of what you're describing occurs when they select their housing: they explicitly pick an area that has good schools.
> nor do all of their kids attend the same school at once.
Well, most people don't have that many kids these days, plus with sufficiently good infrastructure, kids as young as 8 can bike themselves to school.
> The getting hit is a problem. I don't know of any long-term riders in my city who haven't had violent confrontations with cars. There is even a movement towards fitbits not for fitness but to use as evidence after the inevitable accident, evidence of how long it takes to recover.
Yeah, I'm thinking about getting a helmet cam. Would help for evidence, and I've also heard anecdotes that if drivers see the camera they drive more cautiously.
If this happened between a motorist and pedestrian or even other motorist, what would happen? That's right, they'd take away their drivers license, which should be happening more often. This isn't a bike problem, not even sure why you brought it up.
The getting hit is a problem. I don't know of any long-term riders in my city who haven't had violent confrontations with cars. There is even a movement towards fitbits not for fitness but to use as evidence after the inevitable accident, evidence of how long it takes to recover.