* Somehow all those Danes and Dutch manage in the rain.
* If it's that far away it probably isn't "urban". 15 km is doable for most able-bodied people in 45 minutes or so.
(edit) Before somebody says 'BUT LA (or the bay or whatever) IS BIGGER THAN THAT!' - note that what the US calls "urban" is generally "suburban" by any reasonable definition of the word. Fremont's not a city, just a parking lot with a mayor, as described in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo )
* There's no bad weather, only bad clothes (if it's a snowstorm, then you shouldn't be driving either)
* It's called a bakfiet, or a trailer, or their own bike
* See above. Also, rail, bus, etc.
* Trailer, taxi, or short-term car rental (car2go, zipcar, etc.)
* For urban centers, trains or buses, for rural areas, you will find a number of companies happy to let you use their vehicle for a period of several days in exchange for money
* In general, that would be somewhere out of aforementioned urban area so the previous answers reply. Some cycles have motors fitted to them - "motor-cycles" they're called, I think. For people who really, really need to zoom across urban centres (carefully and with extra training), ambulances, police cars, and fire engines remain an option.
* If it's that far away it probably isn't "urban". 15 km is doable for most able-bodied people in 45 minutes or so.
(edit) Before somebody says 'BUT LA (or the bay or whatever) IS BIGGER THAN THAT!' - note that what the US calls "urban" is generally "suburban" by any reasonable definition of the word. Fremont's not a city, just a parking lot with a mayor, as described in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlTvSUCCqPo )
* There's no bad weather, only bad clothes (if it's a snowstorm, then you shouldn't be driving either)
* It's called a bakfiet, or a trailer, or their own bike
* See above. Also, rail, bus, etc.
* Trailer, taxi, or short-term car rental (car2go, zipcar, etc.)
* For urban centers, trains or buses, for rural areas, you will find a number of companies happy to let you use their vehicle for a period of several days in exchange for money
* In general, that would be somewhere out of aforementioned urban area so the previous answers reply. Some cycles have motors fitted to them - "motor-cycles" they're called, I think. For people who really, really need to zoom across urban centres (carefully and with extra training), ambulances, police cars, and fire engines remain an option.