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No sane person would do so in any country that doesn't have the bicycle infrastructure we have in the Netherlands. I live in Australia and/or New Zealand a few
by roel_v 8y ago
No sane person would do so in any country that doesn't have the bicycle infrastructure we have in the Netherlands. I live in Australia and/or New Zealand a few months out of the year, and I've taken my kids to school there - it's insane to do so on a bike. And this was in places that actually have bike infrastructure and bike activism! Dutch people need to try cycling somewhere else before claiming that bikes are a car replacement somewhere else (they could be everywhere, given the right infrastructure and culture, but they're currently not, that's my point)
- bodas 8y agoMy parents must not have been sane! London doesn't have the best bicycle infrastructure (it certainly didn't when I was a kid) but you still see parents riding with their kids. Although nowadays you tend to see parents on kick scooters hurtling down the pavement.
- ufo 8y agoBike infrastructure in the Netherlands is actually a very modern invention. It used to be a car-centric place like everywhere else.
- jacquesm 8y ago> No sane person would do so in any country that doesn't have the bicycle infrastructure we have in the Netherlands. Totally agreed, but bike infrastructure is something that you can actually decide to implement.
- GW150914 8y agoHow? I personally can decide, but unless many millions of other people agree, and make it a voting issue then my decision is sort of masturbatory. How can public transit be improved in NYC, or SF, or The UK? How can people make that decision and make it stick, get political support, financing, and avoid common pitfalls of large public works projects?
- u801e 8y agoI do so with 3 kids on the bike on the road following vehicular cycling principles.