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Remember that roads are not naturally-occurring, geological formations. The reason that a car or motorcycle seems practical is that you're not paying the full cost of driving. In fact, nobody is willing to pay that much, which is why American infrastructure is crumbling.
So people should only travel via naturally occurring geological formations? And if they need to travel hundreds of miles they should only do so on a bicycle or by foot?
"I like waffles!" "So you hate pancakes?"
No, that was obviously an analogy to point out road infrastructure is expensive compared to rail or cycling infrastructure. And there's other modes of transport that act as force multipliers to cycling; commuters in the Netherlands can bring their bikes on trains or store them securely at stations. There's no need to limit yourself to one mode of transport at a time.