I’m visiting Italy and floored by the number of mopeds. Found the same thing in Vietnam. Having spent time in New York, Chicago, St Louis, Seattle, Miami and lots in Orlando, I’ve never seen anything like this in the USA. Is there a cultural reason or economic reason the USA prefers motorcycles over mopeds?
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There are a several reasons. First, in much the US, cold weather, or hot weather, or wet weather makes mopeds not practical for much of the year. Second, public transportation is very uncommon in the US, so city streets are designed to handle cars, not smaller vehicles. Third, many people live in suburbs, where the distance traveled to work is quite far. Mopeds are not as fast and against subject to weather issues. Finally, gas is cheap in the US and there is a lot of disposable income, so people don’t have the incentive to save on gas that they have in much of the world.
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