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Bikes are a pretty big part of Italian transport, or at least more so than any other place I've been other than Amsterdam. My girlfriend lived in a small town
by taude 5y ago
Bikes are a pretty big part of Italian transport, or at least more so than any other place I've been other than Amsterdam.
My girlfriend lived in a small town about 1.5 hours outside of Milan for a year, and was surprised by the bike path system that linked all the towns together around Lake Garda, and how old some of the people were who were riding to visit friends and family. Literally, age wasn't a reason to not ride a bike on these safe bikeways.
- mdrzn 5y agoItalian here: good weather, bikes are kinda cheap, why wouldn't you bike often? The more you bike, the better the infrastructure gets around you.
- Tade0 5y agoBike theft. When I lived in Bologna it was so rampant that there was a place where you could assemble a bike for free out of the parts left by thieves, picked up by the cleaning services. Then again Bologna isn't particularly large. I never had a need to cycle there. I would either walk or drive and occasionally use public transport.
- martopix 5y agoI don't quite agree. I mean yes, we use bikes, but Milan is one of the most car-heavy cities I've seen in Europe. There are cars everywhere, parked on tram stops, parked in the middle of the road, etc. It sucks, and I definitely don't feel safe cycling. What you say holds for smaller towns. In my hometown 40 km from Milan I never needed a car nor a bus. (However as soon as you need to go to the next town you need a car.)