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Amsterdam NL is an outlier as the city is extremely flat and and built around bikes, with a very low amount of cars (and very expensive real estate also as a co
by Kretinsky 3y ago
Amsterdam NL is an outlier as the city is extremely flat and and built around bikes, with a very low amount of cars (and very expensive real estate also as a consequence) and a high density of shops. Not sure it can be transposed elsewhere?
- dr_dshiv 3y agoAmsterdam wasn’t built around bikes— and least, it wasn’t until the “stop murdering our children” political campaign of the 1970s. https://irishcycle.com/2019/12/27/stop-killing-our-children-40-minute-documentary-shows-dutch-struggled-for-safer-streets/ https://irishcycle.com/2019/12/27/stop-killing-our-children-... They used to have highways through the city and they destroyed them and prioritized biking and pedestrians. Showing: it can be done.