> It's no wonder that the Netherlands has a larger number of sold bicycles than it has citizens. Many people in NL have two bikes per person if a daily commute

> It's no wonder that the Netherlands has a larger number of sold bicycles than it has citizens. Many people in NL have two bikes per person if a daily commute's too long to be comfortably done by cycling alone: - one bicycle at home to cycle to the train station near the place of residence; - second bicycle parked overnight (and over weekend) near the train station of the city one work in, to continue the trip to the office. ...and in the afternoon - same exercise in reverse. This practice is so widespread in fact that a year or so ago, it was a matter of public debate - who is due to pay for those huge bicycle parking places next to the train station: Municipalities (because those bike parking places are on municipal ground), or NS, the Dutch train operator (because it is NS' customers who make use of those bike parking).