Bikes on Trains

The title picture got me thinking about all the people I say on that train with their bikes. Where the wald bahn operates is not by any means heavily populated (it actually borders the Bavarian National Forest). Allowing bikes on trains is essential for regional and local trains in Wisconsin for multiple reasons. First, it is enviromentally friendly to encourage people to bike to the train from their homes to where ever their destination might be. Second, the lack of city public transport in most towns means that if don't want to walk from the train station to your destination you need a car, allowing bikes increases the range of places people can go by just taking the train (no offense to Wisconsin city buses, but they need work). And third, I saw in Europe that people going for bike rides will take the train to the bike trails and then bike, it allows people to get out of the city to relax. Bellow are some pics from the web of people biking and riding: