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Exactly - doesn't take a genius to realize 2.5 km per day per capita is huge.

• dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  2.5km per capita per day is huge. 2.5km per cyclist per day is tiny. The difference between those two statements and the specific details and societal implications thereof is the whole point of the article.
  • MiroF 7y ago
    "average Dutch person bikes per day" I took that to mean per capita. Are you telling me they meant per cyclist?
  • Scarblac 7y ago
    In the Netherlands that difference isn't that huge, there are 17 million people, 13.5 million of those own bicycles (there are about 23 million bicycles total).
  • coldtea 7y ago
    >2.5km per cyclist per day is tiny. Not really. It would be tiny if it was describing hobbyist biking fanatics etc (who are expected to bike much more). But when the "per cyclist" is used to describe regular people who bike to home/work/etc (because the country has a bike culture), as a per day number it's big. Because then it can be compared to the tons of regular people who don't bike at all in other countries. In other words 2.5km per day "per capita" and "per cyclist" could be equally huge, when the percentage of cyclists is big in the population, because the "per cyclist" suddenly doesn't mean: "Bike fans in Netherlands do an average 2.5km per day" but: "Shitloads of people in Netherlands have a bike and do an average 2.5km per day on it"