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I'm American and the photo of the bikes parked at the school shocked me. I've never seen so many bikes in one place. I'd estimate that bicycle usage in the scho

I'm American and the photo of the bikes parked at the school shocked me. I've never seen so many bikes in one place. I'd estimate that bicycle usage in the schools near me at around 1%. When I was in high school (800 students) I was one of 4 people who regularly biked to school. I'd love to see the US start to organically shift toward the infrastructure you have in the Netherlands.

tiku 4y ago
It is not just the bike lanes, but also the gradual downsizing of roads to smaller roads. If you bike through the cities here, you will never have to drive along a highway for example. At least not within a few feet. (Secondary road). This gets the speed out of traffic, also prevents cars driving into stores at crossroads for example. This doesn't happen very much here, once every few years and it is big news.
kazen44 4y ago
you should see these pictures of bike storage at central train stations: [0] utrecht centraal prior to their major renovation [1] airial picture of the a different bike storage at the same train station [0] https://tondejager.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bikes-in-utrecht.jpg https://tondejager.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bikes-in-utre... [1] https://www.aerophotostock.com/-/galleries/all/-/medias/8098017b-d00a-4a4d-b0b3-9539eced9c07-velsen-noord-luchtfoto-tata-steel-met-de-sluizen-van-ijmuiden https://www.aerophotostock.com/-/galleries/all/-/medias/8098...
noobermin 4y ago
It was not organic, there were fierce fights against the cars in the 70s[0] but unlike in the US where the car aided white people fleeing desegregation, they won. Not so in the US. I don't think you'll see an organic shift except in some city areas unless there's an intentional change in policy. [0] https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycling-infrastructure/ https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-...

tiku 4y ago

It is not just the bike lanes, but also the gradual downsizing of roads to smaller roads. If you bike through the cities here, you will never have to drive along a highway for example. At least not within a few feet. (Secondary road). This gets the speed out of traffic, also prevents cars driving into stores at crossroads for example. This doesn't happen very much here, once every few years and it is big news.

kazen44 4y ago

you should see these pictures of bike storage at central train stations: [0] utrecht centraal prior to their major renovation [1] airial picture of the a different bike storage at the same train station [0] https://tondejager.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bikes-in-utrecht.jpg https://tondejager.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/bikes-in-utre... [1] https://www.aerophotostock.com/-/galleries/all/-/medias/8098017b-d00a-4a4d-b0b3-9539eced9c07-velsen-noord-luchtfoto-tata-steel-met-de-sluizen-van-ijmuiden https://www.aerophotostock.com/-/galleries/all/-/medias/8098...

noobermin 4y ago

It was not organic, there were fierce fights against the cars in the 70s[0] but unlike in the US where the car aided white people fleeing desegregation, they won. Not so in the US. I don't think you'll see an organic shift except in some city areas unless there's an intentional change in policy. [0] https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-got-their-cycling-infrastructure/ https://bicycledutch.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/how-the-dutch-...