Good luck convincing people to give up their cars and go to work soaked in a raincoat every day.
Considering we spend most of our lives trying to increase the standard of living for ourselves and for others it's not all that surprising people resist reducing it, is it?
At some point we have to look in the mirror and make choices for ourselves, and yes, lots of people became absolutely pathetic excuse of human beings, if you can't stand the rain I'm sorry but you definitely are a cry baby.
What's the end goal of this pursuit of "quality of life" ? Living in a matrix style pod, being fed food through your veins while being sedated and transported into the metaverse ?
If you can't imagine a world without cars and the idea of using a bike repulses you because "rain" you're the problem, or at least a very big part of it
Yes, it increases the standard of living by pulling poor people out of poverty. So the rich consumer nation has their life decreased due to over consumption while increasing the standard of living of those from poorer nations. The rich consumer nation cannot consume AND increase life expectancy at an infinite rate.
You have a waterproof bag that attaches to it. Problem completely solved.
It rains quite a bit in Netherlands, and it's the biking capital of the world.
It's almost as if rain isn't really that big of a deal.
A significant number of Parisians don’t own cars so this is no different than before for them.
They have those huge backpacks [1]. Some fasten it like a kind of top-case.
https://www.revzilla.com/motorcycle-top-cases?gclid=Cj0KCQiA...
I live in Montreal and winter cycling used to be a really hardcore thing. Not anymore. Winters are warmer now, just a bit, but enough to make winter cycling pleasant on most days. Dedicated, snow-plowed cycling lanes made a huge difference.
(I use my car most of the time, because usually a daycare run with kid, but now we're equipped for maybe once a week by bike)
Office and apartment buildings here (Helsinki) even compete by providing convenient bike storage even for cargo bikes with easy access, washing spots for bikes/muddy or sandy gear, drying cabinets etc.
A human needs some 2kJ / kg / km to ride. That's 1.6MJ.
A car needs ~15L gas per 100km, so that's 45MJ for a 10km ride.
While the car uses 30x as much energy, it will only cost you $1.30.
The human needs 1.6MJ of food. That's about a grilled chicken sandwich. Which will cost you $4.30...
(Also for the human-powered case, biking often displaces some other exercise. And of course using gas is bringing about the climate catastrophe so it's unethical, money isn't everything)