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I know this just a meme, but literally the answer is infrastructure.
Where I live there are no separated cycle paths and it is illegal to ride on the footpath. Combine that with a hostile car culture, and it is simply too dangerous at present for me to consider.
They are building a separated cyclepath near me, however, so once that is in place I'll be doing most commuting by bike.
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Daily? Because they get trapped in a situation that doesn't give them options. I live near the bus/light rail in my city, but the best job opportunity I got is 20 miles further out towards the exurbs. Its a 30 minute drive vs a 90 min bus/bike trip. Looking for something much nearer as the commute sucks, but when we build our cities like we do it really limits our citizens' options sometimes
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Yeah I'm all too aware of North American style city design. The title was more along the lines of "why do we as a society still center our communities around cars when better options such as bikes exist?" and not trying to assign blame to any individual car driver, just to be clear.
I personally refuse to participate in the folly that is "the commute" but I realize that not everyone has the same flexibility, nor the same priorities. I live 10 minutes walk from my work, but I have a couple of coworkers who drive over 30 minutes to get to work. It's remarkable how much stress their commute causes them compared to my little stroll.
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It's not safe.
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Every time I sit on a bike, my jeans tear.
I kid you not. Hired myself a bike after years of wearing the same jeans, and after just 30 minutes I got a new ventilation hole.
