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Oulu, Finland manages to keep bike transit viable over winter (20% of trips most of the year, 12% of trips through winter). https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/
by alistairSH 3y ago
Oulu, Finland manages to keep bike transit viable over winter (20% of trips most of the year, 12% of trips through winter).
https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/01/22/meet-the-bike-loving-finnish-city-that-keeps-pedalling-even-in-the-snow https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/01/22/meet-the-bike-...
Like I said, even if we get from 2-3 cars/family to 1 car/family, we're WAY ahead in resource use, health, space usage, etc.
- concordDance 3y ago12% doesn't seem viable as a car replacement
- linsomniac 3y agoI think the point he was making was that in the winter in Finland there was "only" a drop of ~40% in cycling. I say "only" because for many people, myself included, my winter cycling drops by ~100%.