Thanks so much for sharing, and kudos to the author for her good sense and articulate views. I don't think it's urban specific at all. I see the same phenomenon in small to medium sized towns. Non-motorized traffic is even rarer in smaller towns, and there are far fewer facilities for them. Most of the businesses in the town nearest me are accessible on foot only by trudging through ditches, around walls, and across five lanes of traffic without a crosswalk. I wouldn't even consider riding a bike on that street, and I'm about as committed and unfazed by traffic as vehicular cyclists get.