The strike (was part of a trend that) stopped it getting any worse. The Dutch Ministry of Transport admitted in 1983 that: > Until the early 1970s, attention t

The strike (was part of a trend that) stopped it getting any worse. The Dutch Ministry of Transport admitted in 1983 that: > Until the early 1970s, attention to bicycle traffic was minimal. The prosperity expectations were such that within the foreseeable future bicycle traffic would decrease, certainly for commuting, to a negligible share compared to car traffic. [0] [0] The Dutch Bicycle Master Plan: Description and evaluation in an historical context, 1999, p31, which incidentally also features the graph on the next page.