With the rise of the US automobile industry, the bicycle almost disappeared as a means of transportation in America. It became a 19th Century relic like wooden teeth. The only person in the United States who rides regularly now is racing champion Lance Armstrong.
Emerging nations are also pushing aside the bicycle in favor of the car. In late 2003, the communist government banned the use of bikes on major roads in Shanghai, although satellite spy photos of the city show that this regulation is routinely ignored.
Bicycles were doomed by access to cheap fossil fuels.
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