I'm a huge bike transportation enthusiast, and I agree with you. You don't have to take a bike literally everywhere for it to be useful. Even in the US, people don't demand that they be allowed to drive through an indoor shopping mall.
That said, there's a ridiculous amount of room for improvement in terms of adding bike paths and protected bike lanes in the US. Getting more of those would result in a huge boom in biking.
That said, there's a ridiculous amount of room for improvement in terms of adding bike paths and protected bike lanes in the US. Getting more of those would result in a huge boom in biking.