Biking instead of driving (if it is possible) is good in several ways. It will save you money on gas, provide some exercise, and it is beneficial to the environment. This website displays some more environmental benefits caused by biking: http://www.peopleforbikes.org/statistic … statistics. While the decision to switch to biking may seem easy, there is one major issue. In some cities, like Houston, there are not a lot of bike lanes, making biking dangerous. Is this only an issue in Houston? Is it a problem all over the United States? Is it an issue all around the world?

Agree, Biking is a good way to improve the environment. But there're two sides of everything, so will this change have negative effect on the other part of the society, like the economy, think about it, if every one choose biking instead of using the car, who will buy the car in the future, then the car will lost its market value, and lots of car company will close down, it will stock the market around the world, isn't it? So do you have a better solution of this problem?

Could you become an advocate for bike lanes and bike parking security at city council meetings?

I don't think that biking will specifically affect the car industry because many people have to commute a long way to work. My mom has to drive 35 miles every day to work, so there is no way she can get rid of her car and switch to biking. However, my dad's commute is only 2 miles. But, he can't ride his bike because the lack of bike safety and he doesn't have showers at his office. While biking seems like the perfect solution, there are still problems with it.

To try and answer the questions you presented, I would say no. I look at the  bike lanes around my city and think to myself how I would never even try to bike through vehicle filled streets in a lane no wider than a meter. I think that if bike lanes were expanded then more people would consider riding their bikes to school, work, etc.

I agree. I would never ride my bike on a busy street because the bike lanes are tiny. However, the project of making all the bike lanes wider is a major inconvenience. They would have to shut down roads and re-adjust the width of the car lanes to accommodate the larger bike lanes. I think this project would be worth it, but it brings up the question of why they didn't make the bike lanes wide enough in the first place.

Many cities and towns have paths that are just for bikes. If we advocate for these in our own towns and cities, these could be more common.