When I was going to CSU, my door-to-seat time was five minutes faster by bike than by car, despite it being 20 miles of rural driving, because parking was so bad and the walk from parking to classroom was so long, and as a result I rode every day it wasn't snowing hard or raining. Likewise my brother, who had to pay $5 for parking every day, and drove maybe five times during ten years of working at that job -- and, similarly, had shorter ride than drive times to work. (Longer on the way home since his workplace was 800 feet lower than his home.) Almost any city traffic at all, and suddenly bikes look vastly more attractive, because even though stoplights still stop you, you get a block per stoplight, whereas cars often go through multiple cycles because of the traffic density.