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Netherlands is a bicycle country. There are fucking bicycle highways and extensive safe, multimode traffic design patterns everywhere. I've ridden them from Ams
by banish-m4 2y ago
Netherlands is a bicycle country. There are fucking bicycle highways and extensive safe, multimode traffic design patterns everywhere. I've ridden them from Amsterdam through the countryside to Belgium.
And you haven't been to Los Angeles, Texas, or Florida if you call Netherlands a "car country".
- Tijdreiziger 2y ago40% of rides in the Netherlands are taken by car, vs. only 28% by bicycle. [1] [1] https://www.kimnet.nl/publicaties/publicaties/2023/11/14/mobiliteitsbeeld-2023 https://www.kimnet.nl/publicaties/publicaties/2023/11/14/mob...
- banish-m4 2y ago"Only" 28%? That's damn impressive. In the US, it's around 0.3%. In bicycle-friendly Oregon, it's only 1%. That's an order-of-magnitude to 2 more. https://www.bicycleretailer.com/studies-reports/2021/05/20/bike-commuting-almost-doubles-over-past-two-decades-according-report https://www.bicycleretailer.com/studies-reports/2021/05/20/b...
- Gud 2y agoYes, there is a lot of bicycling happening in the Netherlands. My point is, it’s not very walkable.