You make some interesting points. I'm just trying to say this conversation thread is starting to talk past one another.
The 'we' was referring to the full population of people and basically stated a significant subset of that 'we' are willing to entertain (what are currently non-viable) solutions.
In other words, a problem exists for 100 people, and about 15 of them are willing to change their behavior that would help resolve the problem confronting the whole population (of 100 people).
Thus, the tit-for-tat, the OP is not suggesting a simple majority or any kind of majority is required to change their behavior, but is lamenting that a significant minority would change their behavior if they could, if they were enabled.
It's another way of saying, "those of us who would bike, or walk, or would bus - would do so if there were the slightest investment in those modes of transport to make them more viable".
Yeah and it’s absurd we don’t make things more accommodating. However case in point I live almost exactly 0.5 miles from a Safeway. There are bike lanes throughout my part of the city and nice sidewalks with accessible ramps. I’ve literally never seen anyone ride their bike to the store. Probably there are also hills and folks don’t want to ride uphill with groceries but it’s also just not registering as an option in most people’s mind. Nothing stops them at all. It’s just not their habit or preference. But I am glad the infra exists, just I see people use it more for pleasure than necessity.
The 'we' was referring to the full population of people and basically stated a significant subset of that 'we' are willing to entertain (what are currently non-viable) solutions.
In other words, a problem exists for 100 people, and about 15 of them are willing to change their behavior that would help resolve the problem confronting the whole population (of 100 people).
Thus, the tit-for-tat, the OP is not suggesting a simple majority or any kind of majority is required to change their behavior, but is lamenting that a significant minority would change their behavior if they could, if they were enabled.
It's another way of saying, "those of us who would bike, or walk, or would bus - would do so if there were the slightest investment in those modes of transport to make them more viable".