Yes, actually:

(Besides a 'velomobile', anyway ... which is basically just a bicycle with bodywork for better aerodynamics.)

e-bikes a separate category, since they add regenerative braking on top of everything else.

Actually, the vast majority of e-bikes do not have regenerative braking.

Because on a bike, you don't actually tend to use your brakes very much or very often. And even when you do use the brakes, you're slowing a smaller mass down from a lower speed (compared to cars with regen braking). There's just not much energy there to be harvested from regen braking. Which makes it generally not worth the extra money, weight, and complexity to include a regen braking system.

Ebike regulations are in consideration or in place in some jurisdictions, but I haven't heard anything about regulating analog bikes.

You can cycle a lot without getting into racing bikes though.

Walking you are going to want shoes. Shoes wear through and actually cost more than a decent regular bike per km.

As a note about the "symbology of freedom" when it comes to cars it I think comes down to American centric shit again. When I lived in small town USA where there is nothing to do but meth and everyone knows everyone else's business the dream of packing your shit in a backpack and getting into the car and driving 4 hours away feels like freedom. You can go to a city or town and get away from it all.

Now you can do the same in Europe on a train but that won't sell cars so....

You can even see it in American car ads. There are two kinds of cars - the commuter, which focuses on luxury and style, and the "get away from your life" car, the SUVs you stick your camping gear in and go to the middle of nowhere to get away from your shitty life and experience nature in.

Cars are a symbol of freedom because there is no transportation options, so not having one feels like prison

Like most any hobby, you can spend as much on it as you like. But the bike coop in your city will probably sell a perfectly-serviceable used commuter to you on a need-based sliding scale all the way down to $20, if not totally free.

As for legs... They're nice, but I've ridden my bicycle 110+ miles in like 8 hours. That's a massive quantitative difference, and a huge impact on quality of life for someone who needs to get around.

A sports car is also not cheap.

I paid the same for my pretty basic commuter bicycle and my literal motorcycle.

Its baffling how expensive even slightly nice bicycles are.

What if we gave a salmon a bike

Too bad trains and boats are missing from the graph.

It's all kinds of comfort. Comfort to only walk a little when you arrive. Comfort of being "safe" while others are endangered (by you). Comfort of only pushing a pedal with minimal force, instead of propelling yourself. Comfort of having all your shit with you, like a miniture house/oversized backpack. Comfort of keeping a distance to others, being able to hide all you flaws with your carry-on personal space while othering everybody else. Comfort of being sheltered from environment while driving (+ AC), actively worsening the environment.

There have been hot days where friends met me at a bar and asked me ”Weren’t you hot on a bike?” It was only then I realized the day was considered hot, because I had wind cooling, and they had a metal greenhouse with solar gain.

Driving a car is way harder than riding a bike. We don't let kids drive cars. You have to do a test and everything!