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> It is a matter of great sadness to the Dutch people that people in the rest of the world are not able to live in cycle-friendly environments. Just flatten th
by robertlagrant 3y ago
> It is a matter of great sadness to the Dutch people that people in the rest of the world are not able to live in cycle-friendly environments.
Just flatten the land everywhere to make it as easy to implement as it was in the Netherlands, and hey presto!
- IshKebab 3y agoDefinitely part of the problem but also definitely not the full story. E.g. in Britain plenty of people cycle despite the terrible infrastructure and hills. Besides, now we have electric bikes and e-scooters so hills shouldn't really be a barrier.
- robertlagrant 3y ago> E.g. in Britain plenty of people cycle despite the terrible infrastructure and hills. Of course it's not the full story! I'm not claiming that zero cycling happens here in Britain. > Besides, now we have electric bikes and e-scooters so hills shouldn't really be a barrier. Now, yes. But cultural development takes a while, and those options are just much more expensive anyway. The Netherlands has about the ideal case for cycling, and - awesomely - they took advantage of that 50 years ago, so if it works anywhere it should work there today, after 50 years of planning and development and culture. Suddenly introducing e-bikes in 2024 isn't going to do much compared to flat country and 50 years of development.