When most people in the US need to go somewhere, they reach for their car keys. There are plenty of reasons for this: driving is easy, it’s comfortable, and it requires very little preparation. But also, it’s hard to do anything else, and maybe the hardest of those hard things is cycling.

But plenty of people do it anyway. Whether by choice or because it’s their only option, millions of Americans bike to get where they’re going…

How to build a bike lane in America - The Verge