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You can store most bicycles on trains, where I'm from people have fold-up bicycles that will fit under a seat even just for last-mile transport. Cargo bikes won't fit on a train though, they'll block aisles and standing room. I doubt hauling a whole-ass train car just for bicycles is cost effective.
It's cost effective when you take the same amount of cars off the road and factor in what those cars would have contributed to
They are very common where I live. They are designed so that people can sit there if no bike is using the space. And usually they are bikes. Still not enough space for a cargo bike, but more than enough for a normal one.
That seems a classic chicken-and-egg issue. There is no room for cargo bikes because it's not cost effective. That means people can't easily take their children and stuff anywhere except with a car. Because everybody uses the car, the train cars are not cost effective.