Whenever urbanists point to Dutch cycling infrastructure as a model to follow, skeptics respond with a list of reasons why Dutch cities are just too different to be relevant elsewhere, especially the U.S. and Canada. “This is all great if you live in a flat, tiny, crowded country without a real winter.” Do they have a point?
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The “flat” argument made sense a while ago in my opinion. As someone who live in a very non-flat region, biking, especially “daily life” biking was not a good solution.
This argument is now dead with the rise of electric bikes.
The “flat” argument made sense a while ago in my opinion. As someone who live in a very non-flat region, biking, especially “daily life” biking was not a good solution.
This argument is now dead with the rise of electric bikes.