Another factor giving cycling an advantage: barrier to entry. New EVs are really only something the well-healed can easily buy into... whereas there's a panoply of bicycle options available to virtually everybody; leading to quicker and better adoption of the bicycle over EVs.
With over 200m USA residents living in more suburban areas - less than 1% bike to work. Sure seems like a big problem to address - to see WAY MORE PEOPLE RIDING BIKES (safe + enjoyably)
Not going to buy the study's PDF, but that 30x / 10x lifecycle difference in emissions seems orders of magnitude off. Got to be well less then 10% of raw material in a bicycle vs. a car. The car needs substantial energy input, a bike doesn't. Drivers still exhale CO2, a little less than cyclist.
Not to mention the health benefits-- but here's a problem. Where I live now in a NC rapidly growing exurb there are no bike lanes to speak of. My husband was almost killed in Chicago where a protected bike lane on a busy street ended and just put you at the mercy of rush hour traffic. Fixes needed
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Yes, yes, ride a bike and the fat will come off. But I can't ride one anymore. That's a chicken and egg circle that has no answer.
We are a far flung society. Bikes are impractical in suburbia.