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And Australia, which has amazing weather for cycling, mostly flat cities, wide roads, has hardly any cyclists. Because it is so cheap to drive.
by megablast 12y ago
And Australia, which has amazing weather for cycling, mostly flat cities, wide roads, has hardly any cyclists. Because it is so cheap to drive.
- stonith 12y agoCanberra has quite a lot, and very good coverage of bike paths + lanes. I commuted by bike by default for about 6 years there, and got the bus when it was raining. Now that I live in Sydney I don't ride at all - I just don't feel safe.
- stephen_g 12y agoThat's a bit of a big generalisation... I live in the third largest city in Australia. Much of it is ridiculously hilly, the weather is usually stinking hot (apart from a few weeks of 'winter'), but we have plenty of cyclists... Not as many as the average European country but definitely enough to be annoying when you're driving!
- girvo 12y agoAmen. I work in the valley and live in Red Hill, which, as you can tell by the name, is crazily steep. Anyway, we still have stacks of cyclists around here (and Paddington). Personally I walk and get the bus.