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Hopefully London gets there soon! Some of the bike lanes here are outstanding, but the network isn't quite there yet.
The station parking is also an issue, but luckily one that's being solved at Waterloo in the next few years.
It’s handily flat as well. 👌🏻
Car makes more fun change my mind.
Waiting for Stockholm and other cities to follow – a life without cars is fantastic.
this wouldnt work with countries that only experience rain and high heat as their season
get ready america
I'd love to see more of America this way, but there is an issue where in these parts of California it's over 100°for a huge part of the year. It can be difficult to convince people to travel in the sun like that.
Most trips still in cars even in Utricht
I think that it's important to have a lot of options for people to choose when getting around cities and other areas.
So funny they still have 0.6 car ownership per person .. How about a city/country with good public transport… Hmm Singapore have 0.12…
I've bike commuted for decades. When compared to vehicles the infrastructure is infinitely less, but you do need some infrastructure for it to work.
* buildings need lifts. If you plan on doing your weekly shopping or hauling kids around, you're not going to be able to carry thay bike up the stairs.
* places need safe bike parking and storage. If you're living in an apt, it's hard to keep a cargo bike, commute bike, and ideally fun bike. Every place you go, you have to be able to lock up as well.
* You need more than 1 small lane for bike traffic. Many people bike really slow, which is fine, but others are trying to get to work or make a delivery. They need to be able to pass people.
A great if not the greatest example to learn from
Where I live the situation is heading in the opposite direction, no bike lanes, cities banning sidewalks, and several hit-and-runs.
Why aren't helmets used? Nobody ever has accidents?
How to convince LA residents to stop living 50 miles away from work lol
Visited Shanghai, lots of people there also used bicycle as well. It is however shared with pedestrian lane. Meanwhile most of the transport are EV. The air is definitely cleaner than cities that relied on fossil fuel. No exhaust noise pollution, no carbon monoxide air pollution.
❤❤❤ World Bike Capital UTRECHT ❤❤
A great idea but not feasible with the current lifestyles, the work and school culture/schedules in my country, not to mention the weather. Some people can afford to work farther areas while still going home to their families. Going on mostly bikes after half a day's work while in the height of summer, where even the evenings can get sweaty, sounds like like torture. Would definitely be more feasible for smaller/closer areas, but then the politicians owning and supporting the privatized public transport would lose their means of extra cash😂
Every day at least one person dies here from a bicycle accident 😢 very sad
Nightmare
They all have a car in Utrecht. Only students or poor people cycle.
The average Dutch has 4 bicycles!!! Yeah, because 3 to 4 get stolen.