Two quick points:
- This is from the Los Angeles Times. If anyplace SHOULD be a biking paradise, it is Southern California.
- Are the Dutch just rubbing salt in our wounds at this point? (I kid, I kid…)
EDIT: I meant Danish, but I mindfarted. I leave it uncorrected as a sign of my shame and repentance.
by grglstr
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funny that they all seem to discover bike cultures … NOW
1) Watch “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” the Movie for a rather entertaining explanation why SoCal is a freeway hell.
2) zout in de wond wrijven
I was out today in the uk and seen a guy wearing a ‘ spunk bar compenhagen’ t shirt .. whats up with that
Two other quick points:
1) Copenhagen is in Denmark, so not sure what the Dutch have to so with this.
2) This article is from 2019. Unfortunately, despite the expansion of incredible bike infrastructure, Copenhagen unfortunately did not reach its target of becoming a carbon neutral city by 2025. Nonetheless, good on them for the nice bikeways!
*Danish
OP is definitely american
It’s the Danes, not the Dutch, but they are also rubbing salt in our car brained wounds.
I live in probably one of the best spots for living without a car, I can walk to the metro, I have a multi use path out my back door, I have six grocery stores within 1.5 miles, but there is no safe way for me to bike to my friend’s house that is 2 miles away. I can walk but that also isn’t safe. And due to the traffic the bus takes almost as long as walking. It’s maddening.
Actually LA is a great example of why it isn’t. Biking in Denmark was declining in the 70s. Then the oil shocks made the government change their mobility policy to favor walking, biking and transit, to reduce dependence on oil. By contrast, the US response was to do some efficiency measures but mostly focused on maintaining access to oil. Today’s war in Iran is a direct consequence of that policy even though now the US is the largest oil producer.