@datarama alas we never managed to grow a bicycles-for-the-mind industry.
the mobility analogy that has come to pass would be something like mega cruise ships, where hordes of people rent a small cabin and are "entertained" for the duration of the trip, being just a little bit more obese after it ends.
but there *are* some places where bikes are loved, pointing out that possibilities are always open. the flow of history is very capricious, doesn't fit rational expectations and projections.