(http://www.besportier.com/archives/fold-up-bike-montague-paratrooper-bicycle.jpg)<br/>Fold up bike, they're usually used by commuters who also travel by train, but then have to travel a distance from work to the train station, or from the train station to their house as well, that is too far too walk.<br/><br/>As far as the phones go, I'll admit to forgetting about the short duration of phone batteries when I wrote that part, so we could make it that those batteries will run out very quickly. As far as the electricity and running water goes, in the original version of this game those were both down, but after your feedback (and this was before the original story even started) it was changed so that we'd still have electricity in the city and flowing water. Warm water is rarer to come-by, but still present too.<br/><br/>The lights and everything in the mall don't work for the simple reason that nobody turned them on. I can imagine that such things are done from a central point, but it'd undoubtedly draw unwanted zombie attention.<br/><br/><br/>I hope that answers most of your concerns, but you did bring up a valid point about the cell phones. I'm okay with removing that part from my post if you think it makes more sense that way.